Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] against the wall " in BNC.
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1 | I threw myself against the wall and prayed . |
2 | Again he pressed himself against the wall and peered cautiously into the hall . |
3 | Her bullet tore through Ma Katz and spent itself against the wall . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Donna pressed herself against the wall in a bid to move away both from his presence and his foul-smelling breath . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Guy flattened himself against the wall and opened the door a crack before answering . |
8 | I flattened myself against the wall . |
9 | I ducked around the corner of the alleyway and flattened myself against the wall the way a flounder hugs the ocean floor . |
10 | ‘ It 's a bomb , ’ I thought , as I braced myself against the walls of the trench waiting for the inevitable explosion . |
11 | As her head cleared , Rachaela propped herself against the wall . |