Example sentences of "[v-ing] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus in ( 162 ) one gets the impression of a person laughing against his own will , because of some external coercion . |
| 2 | Section 1 provides that on the death of any person ( after the commencement of that Act ) all causes of action subsisting against or vested in him survive against or , as the case may be , for the benefit of , his estate . |
| 3 | American lady says its two schools rowing against each other … true amateurs and its wonderful |
| 4 | Bend over , holding the dumb-bell at arm 's length between your knees , with the back of your elbow pressing against the inside of the thigh . |
| 5 | Everywhere , his testimony was a ‘ show ’ : one that played in dentists ' surgeries to relieve the pain of extraction , in bars to give a purpose to drinking , in aeroplanes criss-crossing the country , and in television stores to crowds of people pressing against the windows . |
| 6 | I took a breath and pulled myself hand over hand down the curtain , seeking to find the bottom of it with my feet : and there was indeed a gap between the bottom edge of the curtain and the mud , but only a matter of inches , and there was clutter down there , unidentifiable , pressing against the barrier , trying to get past it . |
| 7 | He felt as if he were pressing against a strong , polarised magnetic force . |
| 8 | As the crowd grew , pressing against the window , the Divisional Police Commissioner Rousselet , who had been keeping an eye on events , sent a policeman down with orders to have the nude painting removed from the window . |
| 9 | Any two surfaces rubbing together produce frictional heat , such as a brake shoe pressing against a brake-drum . |
| 10 | Despite the cold , the atmosphere in the carriage was very stuffy , and it was more interesting to stand out here , even if people were pressing against the windows and sitting about on boxes and suitcases . |
| 11 | But she was soon aware of his fat thigh pressing against hers , and each time they passed a gas lamp he turned to look at her . |
| 12 | The curtain was a dense , opaque greenish-yellow , and something was right behind it , a shape pressing against the humped plastic standing there looking down at him , half seen , half imagined . |
| 13 | Soon my buttocks were pressing against the ceiling , then the back of my head , and I hauled myself to the edge of the rug to look for a way down before I was crushed . |
| 14 | The result is that the hammer or the bullet is pressing against its target for a period , perhaps about a hundredth of a second , which is very long compared with the time which is required to conduct the energy away from the point of impact in the form of waves of sound or stress . |
| 15 | Although the new military rulers eventually decided the tournament should go ahead , somehow the orders did not filter down and a group of soldiers stormed the court , forcing Ashe to take refuge in the dressing room with a machine gun pressing against his neck . |
| 16 | The only comfortable position was standing up because then the fluid drained away and stopped pressing against his lungs . |
| 17 | The foam filled artificial leather earpads are large enough in area to rest against the sides of the head and enclose the ears completely without pressing against them . |
| 18 | Frenular bristles are absent or small in these insects but there is sometimes a more distally placed series of costal spines ( the pseudofrenulum ) on the hind wing which functions independently of the jugum by pressing against the anal area of the fore wing ( e.g. Sabatinca ) , or a series of interlocking hairs on the basal half of the hind margin of the fore Wing and the fore margin of the hind wing ( e.g. Mnesarchaea ) . |
| 19 | In a moment , he was beside her , his hands caressing her hair , his body pressing against her , the roughness of his jacket brushing against her face , abrading her skin , the warm smell of cloth invading her nostrils . |
| 20 | Her hand lay gently on his shoulder , barely pressing against him , yet it seemed he was gathered there at the point of contact , his whole self focused in her touch . |
| 21 | He held her gaze , allowing his own eyes to drop to her breasts , which were pressing against the clinging material of her dress . |
| 22 | The executive transporter seemed to be pressing against her back . |
| 23 | Memories real as the rough bark pressing against the back of her hands came crowding into her mind . |
| 24 | She could feel it , pressing against her belly from beneath , like solid indigestion . |
| 25 | Riven rubbed his sword hilt with a white thumb , thinking for a second of Madra pressing against him . |
| 26 | We stand outside the Glass House for a moment , looking in at the dense green leaves pressing against the panes . |
| 27 | She could feel the edge of the bed pressing against the backs of her legs . |
| 28 | She could feel the hard strength of him pressing against her ; his heat scorching her through the thin cotton of her nightdress as if he , too , were on fire . |
| 29 | A crimson stain swept up her face when she felt how swollen her breasts were , and how hard the crests were pressing against each hot palm . |
| 30 | She winced at his ruthless manipulation , and he moved forwards quickly , confounding her by kneeling and pulling away her hands , holding them by her sides , the weight of his body pressing against her as his mouth came inexorably closer towards her pulsating nipple . |