Example sentences of "was [vb pp] up against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This was propped up against the body , on the front doorstep . ’ |
| 2 | The room was unpainted and the only furniture consisted of a lime green sofa , two wooden chairs and a three-legged coffee table which was propped up against the wall to prevent it from toppling over . |
| 3 | She wandered across the laboratory to where it was propped up against the wall . |
| 4 | DeVore was pressed up against the wall , Gesell 's knife at his throat . |
| 5 | A new cult established itself over twenty years , its shrine being the domed town of the Keepers , which was built up against the entrance to caverns . |
| 6 | Even during the summer term he was wrapped up against the elements in waterproof jacket and leggings — his head encased in a leather helmet with ear-flaps . |
| 7 | As the boat rammed the steel plates , fabric ripping as it was dragged up against the rough barnacled side , he fired . |
| 8 | His head was jammed up against the back of the sofa , his cheek on the carpet and Doyle 's hand clamped over his mouth . |
| 9 | The speeder 's weapons platform was jammed up against the underside of the platform : somewhere in the middle of the sandwich was a crushed laser cannon . |
| 10 | Ted 's monologue was kept up against the background sounds of the creaking of leather upon leather and the calls of the woodland birds . |
| 11 | The triplet , reunited with its mother , was heading back towards the flock that was bunched up against the top fence . |
| 12 | By now Araminta was backed up against the door , stricken to silence , and Theda came close , her deep grey eyes burning with fury in the flaming setting of her hair . |