Example sentences of "and [verb] [pn reflx] against the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robbie screamed and flung herself against the protective width of Fen 's chest . |
| 2 | ‘ I would like to spend one year here , continue my studies and test myself against the best British players . ’ |
| 3 | Jack was coming towards her , and flattened himself against the other side . |
| 4 | Daak shouted , and flattened himself against the curving wall , pulling Ace with him . |
| 5 | To disobey one 's father in traditional China would violate the filial piety integral to the whole system of mores and be seen as a threat by all ; on the other hand when the young of such a society begin to question the code and assert themselves against the old , they see a disobedience as a blow struck for all of them . |