Example sentences of "came [adv prt] against [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You saw that when he came on against Scotland . |
| 2 | Glennon was a similar height and build to Edwards and in 1987 had to face a similar height problem when he came up against England 's Dave Cusani . |
| 3 | It was no different in the occupied West Bank where the protesters soon came up against army reinforcements . |
| 4 | Relying upon authority rather than cultivating widespread support , he soon came up against resistance from those who detected a tampering with the basic fabric of Orthodoxy . |
| 5 | Newcomen came up against Savery 's work when he tried to exploit his steam engines . |
| 6 | There were more unrelated Smiths playing against each other in the Triangular Tournament of 1912 , when Tiger of England came up against Dave of Australia . |
| 7 | But when she came up against Australia 's Michelle Jaggard , a more experienced player but by no means a world-beater , she struggled even to get a game . |
| 8 | When the Catholic archbishop came out against Noriega , and fatwahs against him were read out in church , the church services in the middle class suburbs turned into political demonstrations against the regime . |