Example sentences of "[v-ing] back against a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made himelf more comfortable , resting back against a convenient boulder . |
| 2 | It favoured a more voluntaristic conception of human action — a need to see human beings fighting back against an oppressive state , and capable of making things happen . |
| 3 | As Berlioz , ‘ leaning back against a cypress tree ’ , watched the grave-digger moving the decomposed body , the skull became detached , ‘ the ungarlanded , withered , hairless head of ‘ poor Ophelia ’ . ’ |
| 4 | Leaning back against a tree trunk , as though to draw strength from it , she announced in a suddenly firm voice , ‘ I will be rid of you . |
| 5 | Seb ducked inside the tent and saw Jacob Brailey leaning back against a heavy , wooden chest , his arm about a well-rounded girl . |