Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [pn reflx] against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may want to mouth , not bite , the person 's hand ; or rest its chin on their shoulder ; or brush itself against the person in the same manner as the foal . |
| 2 | The branches of trees stretched out as if to peer over mill walls or rest themselves against the windowless rear walls of factory buildings . |
| 3 | Bats , that wrap themselves against the light , |
| 4 | ‘ I would like to spend one year here , continue my studies and test myself against the best British players . ’ |
| 5 | With free arms we could move more and brace ourselves against the bumps on the road . |
| 6 | To disobey one 's father in traditional China would violate the filial piety integral to the whole system of mores and be seen as a threat by all ; on the other hand when the young of such a society begin to question the code and assert themselves against the old , they see a disobedience as a blow struck for all of them . |