Example sentences of "he [vb past] himself against [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He hugged himself against the sudden freezing wind then scrambled to his feet as it whipped the first drops of rain through the open door . |
| 2 | Somewhere down there he stubbed himself against an ill-defined but hard mass of fact , and brought it up to the surface to examine it . |
| 3 | He hardened himself against the sight of her ; even so he felt himself moved . |
| 4 | I 'll see you , phone you one day in the week , I saw the post lady coming up the drive and I said to Henry who 's that , he threw himself against the top window so there was indeed someone coming up the drive , tore into the dinning room , picked up his tennis ball , raced back to the window and wow , wow , wow , with his ball in his mouth , and I said Henry you 're really going to frightened off intruders with a ball in your mouth , I said . |
| 5 | Again he pressed himself against the wall and peered cautiously into the hall . |
| 6 | He braced himself against the sides of that smooth slanting chimney in almost foetal position and began to force his way upward by flexing . |
| 7 | He braced himself against the now torrential downpour and grabbed the door handle with both hands , hauling the sliding door back across the opening but stopping short of banging it closed . |
| 8 | The muscles of his legs and arms bulged alarmingly and shone with sweat as he braced himself against the bulkheads to study the small control panel . |
| 9 | He supported himself against a pillar with his free hand . |
| 10 | Grabbing at the Zodiac 's tow line , he held himself against the river for a moment , getting his breath back . |
| 11 | Then he hurled himself against the rigid flap of wall , pushing it , bending it back into the hole , stamping on it as he forced his way into the darkness beyond . |