Example sentences of "themselves [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | They like us to come along and have a stand erm which we do sometimes , and erm it also follows on , the insurance companies then step in because very often the organisers will take out a pluvious insurance to erm fend themselves off against loss of income because of wet weather , and we provide the information to the insurance companies of how much rain fell in the vicinity of that show , and this sort of thing . |
| 2 | Garner and Croft were by now both injured , but West Indies suddenly found themselves up against some determination . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't know if a lot of men put themselves up against that . ’ |
| 4 | All down the corridor people were propping themselves up against the walls , or lying on the floor singly or in couples . |
| 5 | With only the staff at Bloomsbury House and their regional offices as the long stop for advice and modest practical assistance , it is not surprising that a high proportion of Kindertransporte veterans , possibly as many as one in ten , found themselves up against the police or other bastions of social authority . |
| 6 | They press themselves up against the adventurers . |