Example sentences of "back against [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had forced her back against a closed door , literally and metaphorically . |
| 2 | Contracts overseas are one way that Japanese firms can fight back against a chronic shortage of trained programmers . |
| 3 | In a corner of the Salon Imperial of the Hotel Intercontinental , Paris , Harriet Varna braced her back against a statuesque pillar and looked steadily into the viewfinder of her camera , concentrating on her subjects so fiercely that she was almost oblivious to the electric atmosphere that surrounded her , bouncing off the Viennese décor and the sumptuous rococo ceiling along with the heat and the light as the models of the House of Saint Laurent moved gracefully along the hundred yards of catwalk to display the new season 's couture collection . |
| 4 | They had photographed her sitting on a kitchen stool in a white passage , with her back against a long stretch of wall , like someone at a dance . |
| 5 | Seb ducked inside the tent and saw Jacob Brailey leaning back against a heavy , wooden chest , his arm about a well-rounded girl . |
| 6 | He made himelf more comfortable , resting back against a convenient boulder . |
| 7 | She lay back against the heaped pile of pillows and smiled at him . |
| 8 | He leaned back against the creaking leather of his seat and said : |
| 9 | Sliding into the scented water , she laid her head back against the cool surface of the bath , willing the heat to relax her tired and knotted muscles . |
| 10 | Sheila 's head tilted back against the rough bark to receive his first kiss . |
| 11 | His scream echoed madly inside the tunnel as he fell was slammed against the brickwork then bounced back against the speeding train , his body pulped by the impact . |
| 12 | It was still hot , though the evening was falling , and she lay back against the warm wall , and closed her eyes . |
| 13 | The wall of the house was behind her and she leant back against the warm brickwork and closed her eyes . |
| 14 | The British people are fighting back against the shoddy treatment with which we have put up for so long . |
| 15 | When you have separated your knees as wide as possible , squeeze back against the applied pressure , resisting it with all your might . |
| 16 | Force back against the applied pressure |
| 17 | Carol sat up , resting her back against the padded headboard . |
| 18 | He leaned back against the padded settee . |
| 19 | A tube burst and the blow back threw him back against the tender end . |
| 20 | But at last she was back in her room , and sinking back against the closed door in a grief that was too deep for tears . |
| 21 | For as she pressed back against the front door , trembling and bewildered , she saw what was in substance her own house . |
| 22 | ‘ Chung Hom Kok , m'goi , ’ she said tightly to the driver , and leant back against the blue leather seats as they pulled away . |
| 23 | As a rule of thumb , if Target has sufficient distributable reserves to effect the purchase of its own shares , it will also have sufficient capacity to carry back against the preceding six years ' mainstream corporation tax all the ACT incurred on the distribution , so this should not be a real cost . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He tumbled back against the slick damp wall . |
| 26 | Limply she fell back against the unyielding scrubland , sobbing and crying , numb to everything but Fernando 's flutter of consoling kisses across her face and throat . |
| 27 | Instinctively she drew back against the damp cellar wall , willing herself to fuse into the crumbling , whitewashed brickwork . |
| 28 | I dropped my cords and squatted down , leaning back against the five-star pump and breathing heavily as the pool of steaming piss collected on the bark-rough concrete of the fuel apron . |
| 29 | Bernard Down himself believes that the service will help independents to fight back against the direct insurance writers . |
| 30 | From time to time Sherif 's woolly old head , loosely wrapped in a dirty headdress , would fall back against the fly-speckled surface of the remaining quarter of a red sign . |