Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chuck Sherman , who had noticed the excited gleam in his young brother 's eyes , grinned and punched him affectionately on the arm as he took the binoculars , but before he could lift them to his eyes a tumult of shouting and screaming broke out suddenly among the throng of Chinese pressing up against the iron grille below them . |
| 2 | He was close , his powerful , bare chest pressing up against the towelling of her robe ; she could almost feel the anger pumping around his body . |
| 3 | Now Marc Alexander Vila moved closer , and she found herself surreptitiously pressing back against the stone wall of the turret room she and Peter had been allotted , trying to pretend she did n't care while her breath went ragged with apprehension . |
| 4 | We climbed down to his fishing boat and were pushing off against the stonework . |
| 5 | But at last she was back in her room , and sinking back against the closed door in a grief that was too deep for tears . |
| 6 | He hit the sea in a shallow dive , swimming out against the wind . |
| 7 | Outside I could hear rain falling upon the fire-escape and bouncing back against the window . |
| 8 | Lennox also hit back at critics , who claim he should have avoided the dangerous Ruddock and hidden himself away for a world title shot , snapping : ‘ I know the British fight fans will respect me for going in against the best instead of facing an easy touch . |
| 9 | Dundee 's Andy Nicol , to his astonishment , finds himself lining up against the All Blacks , having begun the season as the Scotland Students ' scrum-half with hopes , possibly at best , of a B-team cap . |
| 10 | He 's through to his first World Longtrack final … where he 'll be lining up against the best speedway and grasstrack riders . |
| 11 | The first sees Dawn Milligan 's Valentinos Joy , drawn favourably in trap two after winning its last two opens at Sunderland , lining up against the highly respected Belle Vue dog No Joe Soap ( trap 4 ) and Brough Park 's Movealong Sharp ( 3 ) . |
| 12 | And beyond it there was the great black bulk of a building rearing up against the night sky with lights flickering yellow and bright in its blankness . |
| 13 | ‘ You are no trouble , ’ she had said , lying back against the satin cushions , smelling of rosewater and musk . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , over one hour later she found herself lying back against the pillows and staring up at the ceiling , completely unable to go to sleep . |
| 15 | Laura sighed , lying back against the head-rest of the open sports car , closing her eyes as she relished the cool breeze rustling through her blonde hair . |
| 16 | She leant lazily against the sofa and they talked a little and ate and drank and the evening progressed and Robyn found that , astonishingly , she was enjoying herself , relaxing back against the sofa , stretching out her long legs in front of her , listening to the deep , magnetic timbre of his voice . |
| 17 | She knew how to win that competition , too : when he reached through to her the fourth or fifth time , she did what she had often dreamt of doing before : kneeling up against the wall , she guided his hand and put it to her breast . |
| 18 | See if my husband wants a hand with these bits of wood he 's plonking up against the wall ! |
| 19 | Dorcas sat in his workshop and stared at the snow piling up against the grubby window , giving the shed a dull grey light . |
| 20 | The wind cartwheeled , slamming up against the windows , resting awhile before starting again . |
| 21 | Also materials were required to effect temporary repairs to the starb 'd bow where several timbers had been started by the ship riding up against the tug 's stern . |
| 22 | Suddenly , blood sacrifice and small armed groups rising up against the state seemed worthy of three cheers . |
| 23 | The girls , elbows propping up against the wall behind , hips thrust forward , blew them two almost toothless smirks as the windscreen wipers cut a valiant swathe through the dried spittle . |
| 24 | The following year Graham Greene , having struggled to write a script from Galsworthy 's Twenty-One Days — about a murderer who killed himself and an innocent man who was hanged for the suicide 's crime — within BBFC rules that forbade the representation of either suicide or a failure of British justice , joined with J. B. Priestley , Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells in speaking out against the censorship system . |
| 25 | Williams was found guilty on 11 September 1991 on three charges relating to deserting his regiment and speaking out against the Gulf War . |
| 26 | On 11 September 1991 a court martial found Vic Williams guilty on three charges relating to deserting his regiment and speaking out against the Gulf War . |
| 27 | The deputy was a Socialist , he had been speaking out against the old work conditions that were being reimposed . |
| 28 | A Quiche Indian woman from Guatemala who has achieved worldwide recognition by speaking out against the oppression of her people has been awarded the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize . |
| 29 | Creditably a handful of influential figures are speaking out against the cult of confidentiality . |
| 30 | And more especially now that we 've started raiding back against the MacIans and their friends . |