Example sentences of "[pers pn] came up 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 . |