Example sentences of "[pers pn] came [adv prt] against the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Childbirth ’ our local priest called it , but I did n't really understand what he was on about until several years later when I came up against the problem again . |
2 | She came up against the unsolved riddle with a horrible jerk . |
3 | She backed away , one hand raised to ward him off , stopping abruptly as she came up against the edge of the table . |
4 | As soon as any efforts to form national unions were made , they came up against the imbalance between Glasgow and the rest of the country . ’ |
5 | Perhaps he came up against the Edwardian equivalent of a conservation lobby . |
6 | Later that month , the Archbishop of Tuam delivered a sermon in which he came out against the mining . |
7 | It came down against the crash barrier . |