Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | The local army base , a corrugated fortress with a spindly camera tower , is pressed right up against a primary school . |
| 2 | Funny thing was they had no gardens and were built right up against the old City Rampart . |
| 3 | And what they do , I 'm going to try and show you on this doll in a minute , the hips are abducted which means they 're brought right up against the chest and then they 're pulled round and they 're rotated in the socket and you feel and listen for a click |
| 4 | But if the genes are stacked high up against you , lifestyle changes may not be enough protection . ’ |
| 5 | It fluttered for a moment and then folded right back against the fuselage , like a roosting bird . |