Example sentences of "leaning [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was of the two of us leaning up against the Arch of Titus in Rome — we had bullied some fellow tourist into taking it for us . |
| 2 | ‘ Afternoon , all , ’ said Jackie Tiptoe , leaning up against the cotton bale and grinning his sunniest grin . |
| 3 | One night there was a little backdrop of a painted garden , and in front of it two new boys were doing a strip routine to the original ‘ Let's Stay Together ’ ; but then they got carried away and ended up just leaning against the wall together , leaning up against the painted flowerbeds and the little painted bridge , just kissing and making love right there , for at least forty minutes , nobody minded . |
| 4 | The same with Bartolini pickups , they work best with Bartolini circuits , so that 's brought back into service a couple of basses that were sitting leaning up against a wall in my house . ’ |
| 5 | Two placards were leaning up against the walls . |
| 6 | A group of young soldiers were standing outside talking excitedly , their bulging kit-bags leaning up against their legs . |
| 7 | He wriggled back further on the bed till he was leaning up against the wall . |
| 8 | He helped Joshua into the cart , sitting him on the floor again but this time leaning up against a wing , and tucked the rug under his legs . |
| 9 | She was waving her hands at him to deny what he was saying ; the press girl was running up , but Jean-Claude , she realised later , as she reconstructed the scene in her mind , was leaning up against the cameraman 's steel chair on the travelling rig and smoking , his hands cupped over his mouth as he did so , like a wise monkey hiding his speaking , his eyes half-closed behind his glasses , more lizard now than trout . |
| 10 | They had the paintings leaning up against the trestle table and a chair . |
| 11 | The whole of the study of sort of moving things and statics , things like ladders leaning up against a wall , it 's okay , it 's interesting . |
| 12 | Well that 's leaning up against the wall . |
| 13 | They 've taken three oil paintings ; two off the walls and one which was leaning up against the window sill , er the candlesticks and the vases off the altar , another very beautiful , very simple oak chair with cane seat and back . |
| 14 | He placed the empty mess-tins on the floor , lit a cigarette , and , leaning back against the wall , remarked ‘ i do n't think the Frenchman who owned the rabbit would object . |
| 15 | She gave him a quick amused glance , her head leaning back against the faded red of the alcove seat . |
| 16 | As Berlioz , ‘ leaning back against a cypress tree ’ , watched the grave-digger moving the decomposed body , the skull became detached , ‘ the ungarlanded , withered , hairless head of ‘ poor Ophelia ’ . ’ |
| 17 | Unaware of his presence , she was sitting on the soft springy turf , leaning back against the ancient wall of the summer-house and gazing dreamily across the blue haze of the estuary . |
| 18 | Shadwell was leaning back against the wall and Eva was angry with him , making hard gestures with her fists . |
| 19 | Leaning back against a tree trunk , as though to draw strength from it , she announced in a suddenly firm voice , ‘ I will be rid of you . |
| 20 | And now the Trunchbull was leaning back against the weight of the whirling girl and pivoting expertly on her toes , spinning round and round , and soon Amanda Thripp was travelling so fast she became a blur , and suddenly , with a mighty grunt , the Trunchbull let go of the pigtails and Amanda went sailing like a rocket right over the wire fence of the playground and high up into the sky . |
| 21 | And there was a man in the driving seat , leaning back against the head-rest , making no move to acknowledge their presence . |
| 22 | Walking out , finding a cab , leaning back against its leather upholstery , she wished she felt something stronger than lethargy . |
| 23 | He walked across to the window , leaning back against it , surveying her with a mixture of contempt and distaste . |
| 24 | She stubbed out her cigarette with an air of decision and sat down on the bed , leaning back against the plumped pillows . |
| 25 | ‘ I could stay here all day , ’ Athelstan said , leaning back against the wall . |
| 26 | ‘ More like a full metamorphosis , ’ he drawled , leaning back against the huge , craggy trunk of the tree and gazing at her with wicked eyes . |
| 27 | Benedict watched him go and then turned to find Theda leaning back against the mantel , white to the lips , one hand at her bosom . |
| 28 | Leaning back against the door , his arms folded , he just looked at her . |
| 29 | Leaning back against the wall , her arms folded , Ellie stared at it critically . |
| 30 | FitzAlan was leaning back against the wall , seemingly at ease , but his eyes were narrowed and the muscles of the forearm braced over his raised knee were rigid . |