Example sentences of "they [was/were] [verb] against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , once the remaining documents were received from the confirming bank , they were checked against the credit , and upon verifying compliance , including consistency with the CKR , reimbursement to the confirming bank was authorized . |
| 2 | They were leaning against the wall when it started to happen … ’ |
| 3 | They seemed quite wide to me when they were leaning against the wall . |
| 4 | Only 12 per cent of the ‘ No ’ voters — 6 per cent of all voters — admitted that they were voting against the president , and this by no means implies that they would necessarily have otherwise voted ‘ Yes ’ . |
| 5 | They were protesting against the dismissal of an estimated 15,000 Albanians , since the imposition of Serbian direct rule , for refusing to work under permanent police supervision or to sign compulsory pledges of loyalty to Serbia . |
| 6 | They were protesting against the council 's decision to stop female employees from using the car park there . |
| 7 | Some of these were strictly castle towns , that is , they were planted against the gates of a newly built castle of the late eleventh century , such as Ludlow . |
| 8 | Um if you go back to the eighteenth century , early nineteenth century , you find that um I think it was at er Winchester possibly , er some some of you may have heard of this in in History or something , er there was an uprising at Winchester school and the Army had to be called in to quell the rioting pupils because they were rebelling against the harsh conditions . |
| 9 | That was when she 'd wish them luck , as they roared over the village , and she would watch them all until they were silhouetted against the dying sun , small and graceful in an apricot sky . |
| 10 | She wandered on , sketching details of ruined windows , shadowed walls , and towers that had a dark , threatening quality as they were silhouetted against the storm-swollen clouds . |
| 11 | They were standing against the light , and their profiles overlapped at close quarters , and haloed them ; they made a vivid show of cock-of-the-roost virility , and she chuckled to herself with pleasure . |
| 12 | For example , if the winds for the storm were given at 100mph and the storm was tracking across the ground at 30mph , the winds at the top of the circle would accelerate to 130mph , while the winds at the bottom of the storm circle would decrease to 70mph because they were blowing against the storm 's momentum across the terrain . |
| 13 | They were battling against the odds because they did n't appear to have the right equipment . |
| 14 | The problem was that rather than landing Portuguese champion club Cascais in the semis they were drawn against the Saltires in a re-run of last year 's final . |
| 15 | He hastened to repeat Cato 's jokes even when they were directed against the Greeks — and indeed against Polybius himself ( 31.25.5 ; 35.6 ; 36.14 ; 39.1 ) . |
| 16 | Cos if they were beating against the wind and and there were three wild reefs about three miles off . |