Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The room had the look of a tattered nest — piles of newspapers were stacked against the walls , empty stone bottles stood about with dust on their shoulders like soldiers after a battle . |
| 2 | My suitcases were stacked against the wall along with those of the boys which contained the rest of their clothes . |
| 3 | Two open wooden crates , piled high with computer keyboards , were stacked against the wall outside the headmaster 's study . |
| 4 | Empty frames and canvases were stacked against the walls … |
| 5 | Others were propped against the walls . |
| 6 | Shields were propped against the boles of the pines ; broken spears rested by them and helmets , the dull iron helms of the lost legion , had been nailed to the bark . |
| 7 | Second , once the remaining documents were received from the confirming bank , they were checked against the credit , and upon verifying compliance , including consistency with the CKR , reimbursement to the confirming bank was authorized . |
| 8 | Parents ' names , including mothers ' maiden names , and dates of birth were checked against the employment and health physics records of past and present employees held by the Atomic Weapons Establishment , the Atomic Energy Authority , and the National Registry of Radiation Workers . |
| 9 | Two thousand , two hundred and fifty-four ( 2254 ) citations were retrieved , from which a sample set of 305 citations were checked against the two databases . |
| 10 | Two thousand , two hundred and fifty-four ( 2254 ) citations were retrieved , from which a sample set of 305 citations were checked against the two databases . |
| 11 | Slim tree trunks with the branches cut down to within a foot of the bole were placed against the battlements , and men began to climb up them . |
| 12 | The US troops were struggling against the Viet Cong . |
| 13 | A series of high , narrow ranges was formed as the Eastern Cordillera were pressed against the resistant block of the Brazilian Shield to the east ( Fig. 3.13 ( D ) ) . |
| 14 | The only parts of her anatomy with any feeling in them were the parts that were pressed against the harder parts of Guido . |
| 15 | Like Loeb , Watson and Skinner were reacting against the mentalist concept that behaviour is caused by feelings , ideas , wishes , or intentions . |
| 16 | Following a formal investigation and consideration of the resultant report by the Director of Public Prosecutions , proceedings were instituted against the respondent on 2 March 1989 for the two offences of assault occasioning actual bodily harm . |
| 17 | That was when she 'd wish them luck , as they roared over the village , and she would watch them all until they were silhouetted against the dying sun , small and graceful in an apricot sky . |
| 18 | She wandered on , sketching details of ruined windows , shadowed walls , and towers that had a dark , threatening quality as they were silhouetted against the storm-swollen clouds . |
| 19 | Ten of them had landed on the burnt-out branches of the witch trees and were silhouetted against the fiery red death . |
| 20 | His teeth were clenched against the cold , and his sleeves were pulled down over his knuckles . |
| 21 | Despite the cold , the atmosphere in the carriage was very stuffy , and it was more interesting to stand out here , even if people were pressing against the windows and sitting about on boxes and suitcases . |
| 22 | Soon my buttocks were pressing against the ceiling , then the back of my head , and I hauled myself to the edge of the rug to look for a way down before I was crushed . |
| 23 | He held her gaze , allowing his own eyes to drop to her breasts , which were pressing against the clinging material of her dress . |
| 24 | They drew attention to Israel 's refusal to implement UN demands to withdraw from the occupied territories and asked why no sanctions were applied against the Israelis . |
| 25 | In due course , these new laws were applied against the protesters who appeared to be on strong ground when challenging their convictions , since , in their haste to bring these laws into operation , the drafters had apparently acted ultra vires . |
| 26 | Some say diffidently that the ERM has been assaulted by an extraordinary and unrepeatable event ( German unification ) ; or that the underlying imbalances which caused last September 's breakdown ( the pound and some other currencies were over-valued against the D-mark ) have now been sorted out . |
| 27 | ‘ I wo n't let my wife and daughter look out of the window , ’ wrote an irate resident — because the ‘ travellers ’ were peeing against the trees ( 1985 — or 1885 ? ) . |
| 28 | At this point the strings were flapping against the fingerboard , and although this kind of treatment played havoc with the tuning it soon stabilised . |
| 29 | The first few occasions I experienced this enigma I put it down simply to the fact that I was fishing too far out and the bream were brushing against the line and giving me ‘ line ’ bites . |
| 30 | ‘ 20th Century Boy ’ is the moment where glam meets rock , where the oafish Sweet were shown the door and David Bowie 's hopes of being The Velvet Underground ( only attractive ) were dashed against the bejewelled rocks of his own ego forever . |