Example sentences of "was [adv prt] against [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Well he was up against me and he knew it .
2 His body was up against hers , close and strong and totally in control .
3 Winterbottom played , even though he was up against his England mate , Mike Teague .
4 In spite of this galaxy of stars and performing dugs and the like , the Theatre with a capital ‘ T ’ was up against it , which does n't mean the wall of the Theatre next door .
5 Rose was up against it .
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