Example sentences of "[v-ing] against [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was naked , completely naked , and she could hear his harshly muttered words of desire ; they excited her beyond belief , her body twisting against his in mindless fever , all flesh and blood and pulse . |
| 2 | But he was struggling to score goals and the fans were turning against him until New Year 's Day 1991 . |
| 3 | His mouth was warm and firm , hungry , moving against hers with complete command so that when he lifted his head and looked down at her with glittering eyes she was breathless . |
| 4 | Lucenzo crushed her body closer to his , driving her into a fast , whirling quickstep , his thighs moving against hers with hard , male insistence . |
| 5 | Then last year , everything just started running against me for some reason . |
| 6 | Endill watched in horror as he began hitting the handle , swinging against it with all his might . |
| 7 | Inside where nothing shows , I am the essence of a man spinning double-headed coins , and betting against himself in private atonement for an unremembered past . |
| 8 | Mr Soros was dubbed ‘ the man who broke the pound ’ after speculating against it on Black Wednesday when Britain left the ERM . |
| 9 | Soros , 62 , was dubbed ‘ the man who broke the pound ’ after speculating against it on Black Wednesday when Britain left the ERM . |
| 10 | He stood beside the cardinal 's chair , leaning against it with one hand on its gilded back . |