Example sentences of "[adv] against [art] windows " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want to go near them , so I walk right up against the shops , sort of leaning right against the windows so they wo n't get me . |
| 2 | So he looked at Matron , tight-faced and armored in starch , at Miss Guttner sitting lumpishly beyond her , her glasses shining blankly as they picked up the overhead light that filled the room with a necessary illumination against the heaviness of the sky pressing grayly against the windows . |
| 3 | All Robert could hear was the wind , shouldering vainly against the windows of the headmaster 's study . |
| 4 | The wind cartwheeled , slamming up against the windows , resting awhile before starting again . |
| 5 | Meanwhile the crowd outside , sensing a scandal , pressed even more closely against the windows of the gallery and grew so thick that the traffic was held up . |
| 6 | Rain beats softly against the windows : the only sound . |
| 7 | The wind rushing up the river shook the whole building , and the rain beat violently against the windows . |