Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv prt] against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were up against the absolute certainty of guilt expressed by all the parties weighed against them . |
| 2 | Each time Rugby Canada were up against the big names . |
| 3 | We were not alone in our dilemma , for all the other prahus in the fleet around us were up against the same deadline . |
| 4 | ‘ It was funny to see those agents ’ faces when they discovered they were up against the famous Marc Vila ! |
| 5 | Yeah , we er , we won the , the losers trophy twice , we got first round trophy , got knocked out the first round to go to that , me , half , half the decent teams were knocked out in the first round , you know , we were , we were playing sort of , that , that was , nine times out of ten that was the real cup , I mean we , we were up against the league champions once |
| 6 | The pound lost over two cents against the dollar at $1.52 and was down against the mark . |
| 7 | The boys lined up in the corridor by the glass office and looked in to see who was up against the rod . |
| 8 | Tom picked up the two whiskeys and manoeuvred Patrick into the corner , pushing him into the seat first so that he was up against the wall . |
| 9 | I was up against the wall and unable to obey my first instinct . |
| 10 | Whereabouts in relation to , w the bed was up against the wall was n't it ? |
| 11 | No it the the head of the bed was up against the far wall the as you look in the room on the right . |
| 12 | Marjorie Bousfield was up against the national fours championship rink and lost 17–28 , Dulcie Harbin lost 25–14 , while Pearl Wright , after drawing 9–9 at ten ends , went 22–15 . |
| 13 | Fergus was back against the table , one hand held up to ward the Lad off , and Taliesin and Fribble had sprung to their feet , both free now of the insidious music of Fael-Inis 's pipes . |