Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside I could hear rain falling upon the fire-escape and bouncing back against the window . |
| 2 | But at last she was back in her room , and sinking back against the closed door in a grief that was too deep for tears . |
| 3 | Williams was found guilty on 11 September 1991 on three charges relating to deserting his regiment and speaking out against the Gulf War . |
| 4 | On 11 September 1991 a court martial found Vic Williams guilty on three charges relating to deserting his regiment and speaking out against the Gulf War . |
| 5 | There was a moment when she responded by putting her head on one side and rubbing back against my hand but soon she was ready to leave . |
| 6 | ‘ These trophy wives , ’ says Fortune , ‘ make the 50 and 60-year-old executive officers feel they can compete sexually with younger men , the kind of ego boost that does n't hurt when going up against Young Turks at the office . ’ |
| 7 | It may well give me a reason to break the law when encountering the secret police , when coming up against censorship , or when confronting other forms of injustice or repression . |
| 8 | A strange circle — not all of one tribe or one nation , but ever-present , as though rubbing up against him would give them some strength . |