Example sentences of "[pers pn] [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 | She moved back against the pillow and drew me on top of her . |
| 15 | Relieved , she sank back against the pillows , brushed a shaky hand over her eyes . |
| 16 | As she sank back against the cushions a sleek black cat appeared from nowhere and began to wind itself around her ankles . |
| 17 | She sank back against the pillows and threw her arm across her eyes . |
| 18 | Instinctively she drew back against the damp cellar wall , willing herself to fuse into the crumbling , whitewashed brickwork . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | She came up against the unsolved riddle with a horrible jerk . |
| 22 | ‘ Perhaps she did , and when she came up against a brick wall she turned to me . |
| 23 | She backed away , one hand raised to ward him off , stopping abruptly as she came up against the edge of the table . |
| 24 | He moved towards her and she flinched back against the cushions . |
| 25 | She pressed up against me . |
| 26 | She pressed up against me , her fingers tickling my codpiece though I knew she was after my purse . |
| 27 | For as she pressed back against the front door , trembling and bewildered , she saw what was in substance her own house . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh Gawd — sounds like something out of bleeding Barbara Cartland : ‘ Suddenly she brushed up against him , and he knew that this was the real thing . ’ |
| 29 | Closing her eyes in defeat , she slumped back against the door-frame . |
| 30 | Suddenly swamped by exhaustion , she slumped back against the cushions and closed her eyes , reliving the awful moment when the car had slid into the snowdrift . |