Example sentences of "came [adv prt] against a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Donald was in full cry but he came up against a rejuvenated Kapil Dev . |
| 2 | I trained hard all last winter and in one race I came up against a black who I knew had n't prepared properly . |
| 3 | On all sides : the abolitionists , the retentionists , and the abstainers , the vote was recognized as a momentous one in which the consciences of Members of Parliament came up against a profound issue transcending party politics . |
| 4 | The first time I came up against a woman comandante … |
| 5 | Aristotle believed that matter was continuous , that is , one could divide a piece of matter into smaller and smaller bits without any limit : one never came up against a grain of matter that could not be divided further . |
| 6 | [ The recommendations were not well received , and came up against a shortage of appropriately qualified teachers and the determination on the part of the grammar and public schools to defend the Crowther notion of sixth form study in depth . ] |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps she did , and when she came up against a brick wall she turned to me . |
| 8 | However , the conception we have just been briefly outlining came up against a number of philosophical difficulties . |
| 9 | Oxfordshire have had the toughest task of all against the championship leaders Glamorgan at swansea … they got some early wickets but then came up against a chap called Richards … |
| 10 | We then came up against a stop , and as I said a moment ago , our choice was between that budget , as negotiated , and the Labour budget , and I 've just shown you one hole in that budget . |