Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Roman Catholic Church pronounced itself against the coup while conceding that " effective action " was needed to eradicate terrorism , drug-trafficking and corruption . |
| 2 | She felt as fragile and foolish as a moth that beat itself against the hot glass of an electric bulb until it fell burned and spent , in its desperate doomed quest for the light . |
| 3 | He hugged himself against the sudden freezing wind then scrambled to his feet as it whipped the first drops of rain through the open door . |
| 4 | He hardened himself against the sight of her ; even so he felt himself moved . |
| 5 | Ruth hunched herself against the wind . |
| 6 | We threw ourselves against the door , and as the lock broke we went in . |
| 7 | She was bearing down on him like a bull in full charge when he jumped the wide steps and with a cry of terror threw himself against the front door of the house . |
| 8 | I 'll see you , phone you one day in the week , I saw the post lady coming up the drive and I said to Henry who 's that , he threw himself against the top window so there was indeed someone coming up the drive , tore into the dinning room , picked up his tennis ball , raced back to the window and wow , wow , wow , with his ball in his mouth , and I said Henry you 're really going to frightened off intruders with a ball in your mouth , I said . |
| 9 | GRAHAM KELLY , the Football Association chief executive , last night defended himself against the barrage of criticism that greeted his evidence in the Gary Blissett trial . |
| 10 | This network of friendship and patronage became one of the less objectionable instruments of nineteenth-century electoral corruption and the instrument with which the small man met and defended himself against the state . |
| 11 | Paula perched herself against the cutting table trying to look nonchalant . |
| 12 | A pair of slaves threw themselves against the doors , closing them . |
| 13 | I threw myself against the cell door and hammered and shouted , crying to be let out . |
| 14 | I threw myself against the wall and prayed . |
| 15 | Well in War and Peace it 's a story of the er I mean there are many themes go on but the broad sweep of history is about the Napoleonic invasion of Russia and the way the Russians defended themselves against the French armies . |
| 16 | Again he pressed himself against the wall and peered cautiously into the hall . |
| 17 | Her bullet tore through Ma Katz and spent itself against the wall . |
| 18 | A smiling , mad face pressed itself against the grille . |
| 19 | She pressed herself against the wall inches away from the door and used a piece of corroded piping at her feet to ease it open . |
| 20 | Donna pressed herself against the wall in a bid to move away both from his presence and his foul-smelling breath . |
| 21 | Her head swam ; she shut her eyes and pressed herself against the wall , fighting to steady herself for the return trip , struggling to contain an urge to vomit . |
| 22 | Robbie screamed and flung herself against the protective width of Fen 's chest . |
| 23 | He braced himself against the sides of that smooth slanting chimney in almost foetal position and began to force his way upward by flexing . |
| 24 | He braced himself against the now torrential downpour and grabbed the door handle with both hands , hauling the sliding door back across the opening but stopping short of banging it closed . |
| 25 | The muscles of his legs and arms bulged alarmingly and shone with sweat as he braced himself against the bulkheads to study the small control panel . |
| 26 | Daak shouted , and flattened himself against the curving wall , pulling Ace with him . |
| 27 | Guy flattened himself against the wall and opened the door a crack before answering . |
| 28 | Jack was coming towards her , and flattened himself against the other side . |
| 29 | Jerome crept to the foot of the steps , and there halted , baulked , rather , like a startled horse , drew hard breath and assayed to mount , and then suddenly threw up his arms to cover his face , fell on his knees with a lamentable , choking cry , and bowed himself against the stone of the steps . |
| 30 | As the deep velvet baritone quietly affirmed ‘ Und morgen wird die Sonne wieder scheinen … ’ , a hawk moth , disturbed at the window pane , raced towards the bulb of a reading-lamp and dashed itself against the light until it fell exhausted on to the table . |