Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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1 | I tried to marry this judgment with the memory of the sturdy young woman I 'd seen joking in the glade ; who had come breezily into The Pightle telling me to water the plants and daring me to a duel of wits with Edward ; who had seemed so certain of me over against his cautious vacillation. fragile was not the first word that would have occurred to me , unless I had overlooked something vital — something which , I remembered , Bob had noted . |
2 | So I placed one of them up against the fender , to see what would happen . |
3 | Besides , he can write a lot of it off against tax , you know . |
4 | She was sitting with her back against a tree more than half asleep . |
5 | When she 'd retrieved the ends of the rope and tied it all together , she sat with her back against the load , adjusting the carrying rope over her forehead . |
6 | Standing on her hands with her back against the wall , and she wanted him to run at her . |
7 | With her elegant carriage ( she sits perfectly straight with her back against the chair , rarely fidgeting ) and rather regal bearing , the Baroness sticks out in the room full of younger , rougher inmates like a sore thumb . |
8 | Instead she stood with her back against the door . |
9 | After Cissie had gone , Beth closed the door and stood with her back against it , her eyes downcast . |
10 | They had photographed her sitting on a kitchen stool in a white passage , with her back against a long stretch of wall , like someone at a dance . |
11 | Then she closed the door again and stood with her back against it . |
12 | Merlyn froze , then turned to lean with her back against the door . |
13 | With her back against the sun , her face was shadowed so that he could not see her eyes . |
14 | But when there was no retort from her granddaughter , she turned her head and looked at the young woman lying with her back against the head of the couch , her eyes closed , the muscles of her jaws showing white through the skin , and , her tone changing , she enquired , ‘ What is it , dear ? |
15 | Though she would have been more comfortable beside him , with her back against the tree , she did n't want to risk touching him . |
16 | She sat with her back against the log and busily set about finding the Thermos of water with hands that shook so much that it took every ounce of her control not to spill a drop of the precious liquid as she raised the cup to her lips . |