Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if the base of the wall could not be penetrated , movable towers were built which could be wheeled up to attack the wall from without ; in the longer sieges , such as that of Antioch during the First Crusade , fixed towers were erected over against the walls to harry the defenders and enable a watch to be kept on them . |
| 2 | Many bombing and rocket strikes were carried out against enemy lines of communication and supplies . |
| 3 | They were written off against unit sales over the royalty periods . |
| 4 | Russian tanks were called out against striking East Germans and then against the ‘ defiance of Poland ’ in 1956 , when the Russian divisions marching on Warsaw almost found themselves fighting the Polish army and the armed workers of the capital . |
| 5 | Sure enough , a second ray-gun and clock , identical to the first , were set up against the back wall . |
| 6 | But as court orders were taken out against one list of protesters , banning them from taking part , a new team would take over . |
| 7 | Braking was by means of the fixed gear transmission and an emergency stop could mean bashed knees as they were forced up against the dashboard and steering wheel . |
| 8 | Wooden shutters of washed-out blue and green were folded back against the walls to show thick , beautifully patterned lace at the windows . |
| 9 | Sandbags were put up against my office windows . |
| 10 | Hooper said that after all the speculation it would be ‘ disappointing , but not the end of the world ’ if he were left out against Spartak . |
| 11 | Hooper said that after all the speculation it would be ‘ disappointing , but not the end of the world ’ if he were left out against Spartak . |
| 12 | A pile of dark plastic sacks were piled up against the wall to one side . |
| 13 | The Military were backed up against a wall and disorientated . |
| 14 | Straining his eyes , he could just make out the two boxes which were stacked in the far corner of the room and a picture frame which was propped up against them . |
| 15 | ‘ This was propped up against the body , on the front doorstep . ’ |
| 16 | William was propped up against pillows as Carrie and Fred walked up to his bed . |
| 17 | The room was unpainted and the only furniture consisted of a lime green sofa , two wooden chairs and a three-legged coffee table which was propped up against the wall to prevent it from toppling over . |
| 18 | She wandered across the laboratory to where it was propped up against the wall . |
| 19 | DeVore was pressed up against the wall , Gesell 's knife at his throat . |
| 20 | She was pressed back against the seat as Fergus accelerated again . |
| 21 | Jenny found herself dragged uncomfortably over the gear-stick and hand-brake , her left cheek was pressed in against her teeth by the pressure of an ardent but misdirected kiss and she felt a button on her cardigan give with a violence which boded ill for Marks and Sparks cowering beneath . |
| 22 | Scooting down the side-aisle , she ducked past him and out of the shop , where she continued to run blindly until she was caught up against a solid chest . |
| 23 | Their love affair was carried on against a background of nightly bombings , wartime tension , the advance of the German army on Paris . |
| 24 | Conversation was carried on against a background of ear-splitting barking . |
| 25 | The journal contains material of interest to historians concerned with late colonial Nigeria , and with the developments among the Nupe people and their neighbours at this time ; and material which illuminates how one body of anthropological field research was carried out against the background of colonial administration . |
| 26 | The survey was carried out against a background of growing concern as to the implications of climate change on sea level rise . |
| 27 | A new cult established itself over twenty years , its shrine being the domed town of the Keepers , which was built up against the entrance to caverns . |
| 28 | His face was a mask of alarm and he was looking back to the office door and the cabinet which was pushed up against it . |
| 29 | However , after two poor performances , he was drafted in against the tricky Minor Counties ( who later beat Sussex ) . |
| 30 | But on this later occasion she did not escape , and the reception order was drawn up against her . |