Example sentences of "hard against [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth arched desperately against him as powerfully he slid his hands under her hips and pulled her hard against every muscle that strained feverishly at his jeans . |
| 2 | Imagine my rage when I leaned too hard against a workpiece and bent the pencil . |
| 3 | Holding the tile hard against a metal vice , I hit the corner with a small hammer , knocking off the back of the corner ( about ¾in at a time ) . |
| 4 | On the landing itself , pushed hard against a wall , stood a large , heavy wardrobe , ugly and bulky , the sort of furniture that Chrissie hated . |
| 5 | They got the lot … except they sound like Edwyn Collins crooning along to MBV with his face pushed up hard against a plate glass window . |
| 6 | Hybrids armed with lasguns were pressing hard against a picket line of planetary guardsmen . |
| 7 | Suddenly , the stillness was punctured by the characteristic bark of a Stanier 8F working hard against a severe gradient . |
| 8 | She pushed past Julie Ndobe , grabbing a medkit from the woman 's hands , and running further into the smoke , only to fetch up hard against a metal barrier . |
| 9 | Dressed in a plaid shirt and faded jeans that clung lovingly to his muscular thighs , he was leaning against the door-jamb with his usual easy animal grace , and she was forced to swallow hard against a rush of desire that totally unnerved her . |
| 10 | Some oil-producing states , notably Saudi Arabia , had lobbied hard against an " energy tax " on fossil fuels . |
| 11 | Research seems to indicate that normal karate training may lead to joint injury given that when you kick hard against the empty air , there is nothing to stop the movement of the foot except the limits of the joint . |
| 12 | Working hard against the prevalent impression of Derrida as some kind of irresponsible comedian , Norris continually insists on his ‘ rigorous ’ and ‘ scrupulous ’ reading of philosophical and literary texts . |
| 13 | I fell hard against the asphalt playground and I felt the pain that had not been visible on film . |
| 14 | This is a quiet coup for the Association of District Councils , which has been lobbying hard against the counties ever since the districts lost power to the counties in the 1974 reforms . |
| 15 | Beneath it , Harriet Shakespeare 's face was huge and haggard and she was leaning hard against the woman beside her . |
| 16 | Of Boris Fedorov , head of Russian affairs in the EBRD 's merchant banking department , Attalli says he ‘ fought hard against the Soviet regime when economic reform did not move fast enough ’ . |
| 17 | Twice he had to kick hard against the force of a squall but the wind was dropping fast , the howl gone out of it . |
| 18 | But having arrived in the chill early morning at the point of departure , I had secured a back seat pressed hard against the thin , vibrating metal . |
| 19 | Tweed straightened up , pushed his back hard against the seat , anything to keep alert . |
| 20 | Nutty flew out backwards , hitting her head hard against the Volkswagen door panel . |
| 21 | He pushed her away so that she fell hard against the door . |
| 22 | Clench the jaws , as if chewing hard , while pushing your tongue hard against the roof of your mouth . |
| 23 | I would throw the ball hard against the wall , when it bounced back , take a ‘ controlled ’ kick , all the while imagining myself as one of my St. Martin 's heroes . |
| 24 | Billy , who was now contentedly stretched out in the sidecar with his eyes closed , was suddenly thrown hard against the right hand side of the aluminium box . |
| 25 | Following instructions to the letter , he rolled his body , but banged his helmeted head hard against the firm turf of the airfield . |
| 26 | I 'll fix you hard against the wall — |
| 27 | Touching his nose with a forefinger and pressing his conk hard against the face ( thus producing a pugilistic look ) he said : ‘ Just look at this ! |
| 28 | They sat at a low bench hard against the wall . |
| 29 | Violet , cocky till now , she had held her own with the man — where was he ? — backed hard against the wall . |
| 30 | Delaney recovered first , unthinking , uncaring of danger , screaming out , and grabbing the slippery , obscene filth , ripping it off and in one movement throwing it hard against the wall . |