Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | I trained hard all last winter and in one race I came up against a black who I knew had n't prepared properly . |
| 2 | The first time I came up against a woman comandante … |
| 3 | ‘ Childbirth ’ our local priest called it , but I did n't really understand what he was on about until several years later when I came up against the problem again . |
| 4 | I pressed up against Beejay and leaning forward , covered the mare 's eyes with my hands . |
| 5 | I shrank back against the wooden seatback . |
| 6 | Having settled Rachel in a corner and piled our luggage round her and left you , Mig , on guard , I struggled back against the refugees and climbed the gangway again to find Tim looking a little bewildered in the midst of a seething mass of humanity but remarkably calm , and soon we were back on the small boat . |
| 7 | I leant back against the stone balustrade and lit a cigarette . |
| 8 | I leaned back against the cushions feeling too full . |
| 9 | Warm in the sleeping-bag , I leaned back against the after-wall of Joanna 's cuddy , drinking my cocoa before settling down to sleep . |
| 10 | I leaned back against the high , wooden bench , assessing Ralemberg as a true businessman who knew the workings of the London market . |
| 11 | I snuggled up against their nakedness and was content . |
| 12 | I sat back against a pine-stem and became lost in the pamphlet . |
| 13 | The next moment I jumped back against the wall , trembling with fear and horror . |
| 14 | The first , more than two years ago , considered the feasibility of privatisation and followed reports from the Treasury and the Central Purchasing Unit which came out against wholesale privatisation . |
| 15 | At the 8th , which turned back against the wind , his hook was accentuated and cost him strokes . |
| 16 | The only paper which stood out against the tide was the Communist Party 's Morning Star . |
| 17 | Tom Cruise puts in a fine performance as Ron Kovic , disabled Vietnam vet who fought back against indifference from the country he fought for , but somehow Oliver Stone 's direction still leaves the viewer unmoved by his plight |
| 18 | Vice-captain Gary Bennett , who limped off against West Ham with a thigh injury , will miss Saturday 's game at Southend but hopes to be fit for the FA Cup replay . |
| 19 | She moved back against the pillow and drew me on top of her . |
| 20 | Relieved , she sank back against the pillows , brushed a shaky hand over her eyes . |
| 21 | As she sank back against the cushions a sleek black cat appeared from nowhere and began to wind itself around her ankles . |
| 22 | She sank back against the pillows and threw her arm across her eyes . |
| 23 | It is a real moral aberration that leaves at liberty those who violated human dignity and those who rose up against the constitutional order . ’ |
| 24 | Western attention was mostly directed towards the Kurds , who rose up against him at the same time , but the greater threat to Saddam and the heavier loss of life was Shiite , Not Kurdish . |
| 25 | Instinctively she drew back against the damp cellar wall , willing herself to fuse into the crumbling , whitewashed brickwork . |
| 26 | ONCE-RACED MILIYEL * , who came up against the 1,000 Guineas ante-post favourite Musicale when both made their debut at Lingfield last season , may open her account in the Geoffrey Barling Maiden Fillies ' Stakes ( 2.00 ) at Newmarket today . |
| 27 | ‘ You came up against outdoor players , many of them farmers who would simply barrel you backwards in the tight and , if they got to you , in the loose . ’ |
| 28 | But when she came up against Australia 's Michelle Jaggard , a more experienced player but by no means a world-beater , she struggled even to get a game . |
| 29 | She came up against the unsolved riddle with a horrible jerk . |
| 30 | ‘ Perhaps she did , and when she came up against a brick wall she turned to me . |