Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] himself against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each story contains a different claim by Jesus that set himself against the religious leaders and pointed to the new way of Christianity : |
| 2 | This network of friendship and patronage became one of the less objectionable instruments of nineteenth-century electoral corruption and the instrument with which the small man met and defended himself against the state . |
| 3 | Daak shouted , and flattened himself against the curving wall , pulling Ace with him . |
| 4 | Jack was coming towards her , and flattened himself against the other side . |
| 5 | Jerome crept to the foot of the steps , and there halted , baulked , rather , like a startled horse , drew hard breath and assayed to mount , and then suddenly threw up his arms to cover his face , fell on his knees with a lamentable , choking cry , and bowed himself against the stone of the steps . |