Example sentences of "you [be] [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also worth mentioning three sets of existing attitudes which have to be overcome because it is always wise to know what you are up against . |
| 2 | J.B. Well again you see you 're up against tradition all the time , are n't you ? |
| 3 | ‘ When you 've got nothing except just your bare life and you 're up against destiny or death . |
| 4 | When you 're up against your Fortune , whether it goes for or against you . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ So what , exactly , do you think you 're up against now ? ’ |
| 6 | From a black perspective you 're up against a white power structure and it does n't really matter whether you 're being beaten up or abused by the police or by a group of kids on the street , it all comes down to the same thing — racism . |
| 7 | You see what you 're what you 're up against . |
| 8 | It does n't matter what you 're up against , who 's being unfair or where the financial and emotional pressure is coming from this week . |
| 9 | But it 's different when you 're up against it , different when you 're spiritually sick . |
| 10 | " You say you 're up against a brick wall — well , that 's just where we got to in the Southwark Bridge case . |
| 11 | you 're up against the power relationship that each patient is caught up in with their consultant . |
| 12 | You 're up against the factory conveyor belt system of sewing when you , one person does only ears and the other does bodies and |
| 13 | They thought it was best to know what you were up against , but Preston was n't sure it had done them a lot of good in the long run . |
| 14 | We were told not to do a thing , if we did it well you , you knew what you were up against . |