Example sentences of "pressed [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jenny found herself dragged uncomfortably over the gear-stick and hand-brake , her left cheek was pressed in against her teeth by the pressure of an ardent but misdirected kiss and she felt a button on her cardigan give with a violence which boded ill for Marks and Sparks cowering beneath . |
| 2 | It was n't even in a fridge or nothing — it was just pressed up against the window to keep it cold . |
| 3 | Once or twice they 'd had to sleep down there , though not often because Gloria said it was n't nice to be all pressed up against people you did n't know . |
| 4 | Whoever she was living with , roused by the smell of burning , had come downstairs to discover her slumped across the hearth with her head pressed up against a glowing electric fire . |
| 5 | DeVore was pressed up against the wall , Gesell 's knife at his throat . |
| 6 | She was on the point of fleeing from the building , and was in fact pressed up against the door , listening intently for any sounds outside , when footsteps approached rapidly . |
| 7 | There was no substance in the bed as he lay pressed up against Rose . |
| 8 | She was pressed back against the seat as Fergus accelerated again . |
| 9 | Isabel stood pressed back against the wooden panels , trying to listen for the sound of breathing over the drumming of her heart . |