Example sentences of "[vb past] against the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zambia , more astute than Tammuz gave hir credit for , knelt against the side of his chair : ‘ You reckon the cocktail will give you gut-ache , its taste is questionable , yet it looks beautiful , glowing there in the glass , smells divine , and the buzz it can give you is a temptation beyond endurance . |
| 2 | The rain beat against the peeling door and the uncurtained windows and dripped from the still bloody lambskin that swung spreadeagled from the washing line . |
| 3 | She strained against the back-rest again , her bum lifting right off the seat . |
| 4 | With his bare feet he strained against the side of the container , and heard a few cracks . |
| 5 | He wanted to undo the shining blue-black hair , to kiss the parted lips , to unfasten the high collar of her cheap black dress to find the exciting treasures beneath , to reveal the splendid breasts which strained against the cloth , to stroke them , to … |
| 6 | In his younger days , before modern copyright laws were introduced , he thundered against the theft and misuse of his character . |
| 7 | The eastbound helix coiled against the sky like a giant concrete snail . |
| 8 | This was a clause which he frequently invoked against the papacy . |
| 9 | Then she let out the breath and sagged against the desk . |
| 10 | Delaney sagged against the wall . |
| 11 | Jack closed his eyes and sagged against the wall . |
| 12 | As she pushed the emptied skip back towards the scutching room for the umpteenth time , her legs simply stopped working and she sagged against the basket , fighting down a wave of dizziness and nausea . |
| 13 | When he got her on to the pavement , she sagged against the school wall and would not move . |
| 14 | The woman cried out , and sagged against the man holding her , pressing her face against his arm . |
| 15 | While the citizens of Amiens demonstrated in favour of the High Speed Line from Paris to the Channel Tunnel serving their city , the rural stockbrokers of Kent revolted against the idea of an equivalent new railway from the tunnel to London . |
| 16 | It jerked against the safety-chain , leaving a narrow gap through which he scrambled to safety . |
| 17 | Something bumped against the hull , and sent a faint thud all the way through the boat . |
| 18 | He was immediately shot dead by a rabbit , which rushed from its burrow and bumped against the trigger ( Sunday Mail , Scotland , 14 April 1991 ) . |
| 19 | The Beretta flew from her hand , bounced against the wall and skidded down the stairs . |
| 20 | He kicked the door all the way back and then , when it bounced against the wall , went in and kicked the armchair around in case she 'd curled up and was hiding on that . |
| 21 | He gave a kick , and something skittered across the alley and bounced against the wall opposite . |
| 22 | We bounced against the roof as the car banged in and out of each one . |
| 23 | The driver had forgotten to fasten the safety chain and the trailer came loose , bounced against the side of a bridge and then ricocheted across to our son 's lane , killing him instantly . |
| 24 | Even more spectacular was the Liverpool affair of August 1775 which occurred against the background of the American War of Independence , the beginning of which had interrupted trade to such an extent that some 3,000 seamen were swelling the ranks of the normal Liverpool unemployed . |
| 25 | These developments occurred against the background of a temporary relaxation of international competition . |
| 26 | It would not come despite chances galore , especially for Reading and Trevor Senior — although in a heart-stopping moment for the home side Neil Clemmence headed against the bar with 10 seconds of normal time left — and the tie will resume at Welling tomorrow . |
| 27 | Peterborough had a lucky let off when Nicky Mohan headed against the bar . |
| 28 | Cambridge dominated after the interval , but Millwall went close to an equaliser in the 63rd minute when Etienne Verveer headed against the foot of the post . |
| 29 | They were lucky to survive in the 40th minute when Taylor headed against the crossbar , but Wycombe 's Steve Thompson saw a 49th-minute header was cleared off the line by Paul Raven . |
| 30 | Both David Cook and Roger Charles had shots cleared off the line in quick succession after sixty six minutes , and after seventy four minutes , David Cook headed against the crossbar . |