Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah I put the shield up against the wall because I knew then that the whole house had been cleared and er bent down and asked her if she was alright . |
| 2 | When insulating the loft floor , bring the ends of the blanket up against the sides of the cistern to give continuity . |
| 3 | When you knit with the main bed alone , the sinker plate does more than hold the yarn ; it holds the knitting back against the machine while the needles move forward . |
| 4 | A YOUNG handbag snatcher was jailed for five years yesterday as a judge signalled the fight back against street crime . |
| 5 | He demanded , and got , only the best , invariably at a knockdown price after cleverly playing the manufacturers off against each other . |
| 6 | Captain Simon Webster , who leads the side out against Portsmouth tomorrow , said : ‘ It 's up to us now . |
| 7 | and further , and this is not meant to be a joke , in my own experience , if they get time to think quietly and realistically , I believe a whole lot of decent Conservatives who used to think pragmatically , organically and with respect for local communities , would emerge to contribute to a coalition for the future over against the ideological block that seems to think we use people to make money , instead of making money to serve people and their communities . |
| 8 | But the Chancellor may be looking and hoping further ahead , to Friday 's US employment report and the possibility that a bit of a dollar rebound might haul the pound up against the mark . |
| 9 | Motorola is stacking the machine up against DG , HP , NCR Dell and IBM systems , saying that the cost of a fully configured system works out at from 10–55% cheaper than competitors . |
| 10 | JEWKES : But she sits cooling herself in the hall over against the staircase . |
| 11 | If a company pays a dividend during a ‘ dormant ’ period — ie when it is not within the charge to corporation tax — the Inland Revenue has been known to argue that the company will not be able to carry the ACT back against its prior tax liabilities . |
| 12 | I still had no idea where we were going , but I kept the A-Z up against my face as the Sierra overtook me . |
| 13 | and originally they were gon na er mount it on the wall up against his lawn area where |
| 14 | The fort over against the oak-wood |
| 15 | FAR LEFT Always try to walk on the street with the dog up against a fence or wall . |
| 16 | Indeed , he frequently managed both to play the French and the Americans off against each other and then to blame them when anything went wrong . |
| 17 | It is a decision to make a commitment not to bring the offence up against the individual any longer , a commitment not to hold it against the person , to separate the sin from the sinner . |
| 18 | Before drilling , hold the mirror up against the wall and mark the position of where the holes will be ( using a spirit level to make sure it 's horizontal ) . |
| 19 | She smoothes the dress out against her front and looks at it in the mirror . |
| 20 | The shipmaster was down by the mast , ready to lower the cross-spar with its square sail , and the crew were flexing their muscles and setting oars in the rowlocks to slide out for the turn up against the wind into Duart Bay . |
| 21 | They held the knife up against the baby 's face and grabbed the bag containing £95 . |
| 22 | Marc suddenly slammed the door back against the wall with the flat of one hand and was pushing inside after her . |
| 23 | Sometimes they cleared all the furniture back against the walls so that they could practise their special dance routines , or held rowdy parties in each other 's rooms . |
| 24 | ‘ I want a word with you , ’ he said , grabbing an arm and shoving the man back against the wall . |
| 25 | A useful type of cup has a cut-out piece opposite the drinking side , so that the patient can tip the cup up against his face without hitting the bridge of his nose . |
| 26 | But the dollar 's weight , 21.9% , was double what it would have been on a purely trade-weighted basis , so its slide between 1985 and 1990 dragged the krona down against ERM currencies . |
| 27 | He said : ‘ We then put the ladder up against the wall . |
| 28 | She put the ladder up against the stone wall of the cottage , gathered her skirts up in one hand and started to climb . |
| 29 | ‘ Shut up ! ’ said Georgiades , pressing the fiki back against the wall . |
| 30 | When the left-wing city council decided to ban cars from the city centre in the late seventies , they rushed the scheme through against considerable opposition from local businesses . |