Example sentences of "[v-ing] back against the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Marc Alexander Vila moved closer , and she found herself surreptitiously pressing back against the stone wall of the turret room she and Peter had been allotted , trying to pretend she did n't care while her breath went ragged with apprehension . |
| 2 | Outside I could hear rain falling upon the fire-escape and bouncing back against the window . |
| 3 | Laura sighed , lying back against the head-rest of the open sports car , closing her eyes as she relished the cool breeze rustling through her blonde hair . |
| 4 | ‘ You are no trouble , ’ she had said , lying back against the satin cushions , smelling of rosewater and musk . |
| 5 | She leant lazily against the sofa and they talked a little and ate and drank and the evening progressed and Robyn found that , astonishingly , she was enjoying herself , relaxing back against the sofa , stretching out her long legs in front of her , listening to the deep , magnetic timbre of his voice . |
| 6 | The shock and force of it sent her reeling back against the wall once more . |
| 7 | The knife clattered to the floor , and he threw in a right-hook to the jaw that sent the man reeling back against the counter , gasping , ‘ Pick it up , Mike — quick ! ’ |
| 8 | I waded along to Harry who was sagging back against the corner , his head lolling only just above the surface . |
| 9 | A vote for Labour is a class vote and a barometer of how confident workers are in fighting back against the system of which Blackburn talks . |
| 10 | I was fighting back against the cancer by diet , relaxation , visualization and hugging a Populus alba , but I needed even more . |
| 11 | Slumping back against the wall , she said wearily , ‘ Oh , I do n't know ! |
| 12 | And neither am I ! ’ he growled , moving threateningly towards her , so that Robyn found herself retreating back against the wall . |
| 13 | Leaning back against the door , his arms folded , he just looked at her . |
| 14 | And there was a man in the driving seat , leaning back against the head-rest , making no move to acknowledge their presence . |
| 15 | He placed the empty mess-tins on the floor , lit a cigarette , and , leaning back against the wall , remarked ‘ i do n't think the Frenchman who owned the rabbit would object . |
| 16 | Shadwell was leaning back against the wall and Eva was angry with him , making hard gestures with her fists . |
| 17 | ‘ I could stay here all day , ’ Athelstan said , leaning back against the wall . |
| 18 | Leaning back against the wall , her arms folded , Ellie stared at it critically . |
| 19 | FitzAlan was leaning back against the wall , seemingly at ease , but his eyes were narrowed and the muscles of the forearm braced over his raised knee were rigid . |
| 20 | And now the Trunchbull was leaning back against the weight of the whirling girl and pivoting expertly on her toes , spinning round and round , and soon Amanda Thripp was travelling so fast she became a blur , and suddenly , with a mighty grunt , the Trunchbull let go of the pigtails and Amanda went sailing like a rocket right over the wire fence of the playground and high up into the sky . |
| 21 | Benedict watched him go and then turned to find Theda leaning back against the mantel , white to the lips , one hand at her bosom . |
| 22 | He was lounging back against the tree trunk a few yards away , consulting his compass and studying the map intently . |