Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] against the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Roman Catholic Church pronounced itself against the coup while conceding that " effective action " was needed to eradicate terrorism , drug-trafficking and corruption . |
| 2 | He hardened himself against the sight of her ; even so he felt himself moved . |
| 3 | Ruth hunched herself against the wind . |
| 4 | We threw ourselves against the door , and as the lock broke we went in . |
| 5 | GRAHAM KELLY , the Football Association chief executive , last night defended himself against the barrage of criticism that greeted his evidence in the Gary Blissett trial . |
| 6 | This network of friendship and patronage became one of the less objectionable instruments of nineteenth-century electoral corruption and the instrument with which the small man met and defended himself against the state . |
| 7 | Paula perched herself against the cutting table trying to look nonchalant . |
| 8 | A pair of slaves threw themselves against the doors , closing them . |
| 9 | I threw myself against the wall and prayed . |
| 10 | I threw myself against the cell door and hammered and shouted , crying to be let out . |
| 11 | Again he pressed himself against the wall and peered cautiously into the hall . |
| 12 | Her bullet tore through Ma Katz and spent itself against the wall . |
| 13 | A smiling , mad face pressed itself against the grille . |
| 14 | She pressed herself against the wall inches away from the door and used a piece of corroded piping at her feet to ease it open . |
| 15 | Donna pressed herself against the wall in a bid to move away both from his presence and his foul-smelling breath . |
| 16 | Her head swam ; she shut her eyes and pressed herself against the wall , fighting to steady herself for the return trip , struggling to contain an urge to vomit . |
| 17 | He braced himself against the sides of that smooth slanting chimney in almost foetal position and began to force his way upward by flexing . |
| 18 | The muscles of his legs and arms bulged alarmingly and shone with sweat as he braced himself against the bulkheads to study the small control panel . |
| 19 | Guy flattened himself against the wall and opened the door a crack before answering . |
| 20 | Jerome crept to the foot of the steps , and there halted , baulked , rather , like a startled horse , drew hard breath and assayed to mount , and then suddenly threw up his arms to cover his face , fell on his knees with a lamentable , choking cry , and bowed himself against the stone of the steps . |
| 21 | As the deep velvet baritone quietly affirmed ‘ Und morgen wird die Sonne wieder scheinen … ’ , a hawk moth , disturbed at the window pane , raced towards the bulb of a reading-lamp and dashed itself against the light until it fell exhausted on to the table . |
| 22 | She flattened herself against the door . |
| 23 | She flattened herself against the end terrace wall and looked back . |
| 24 | I flattened myself against the wall . |
| 25 | I ducked around the corner of the alleyway and flattened myself against the wall the way a flounder hugs the ocean floor . |
| 26 | Leigh Miners fancied themselves against the upstarts , but fell to a 35-12 home defeat . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's a bomb , ’ I thought , as I braced myself against the walls of the trench waiting for the inevitable explosion . |
| 28 | I braced myself against the sides of the trench and listened to the explosions and the debris landing on the roof . |
| 29 | She rubbed herself against the base of a tree as a sign that she , too , had passed that way . |
| 30 | As her head cleared , Rachaela propped herself against the wall . |