Example sentences of "be leaning against [pron] " in BNC.

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1 and the sergeant replied , " that 's odd because his cycle is leaning against your door , Joe " .
2 He was leaning against his machine , arms resting on the upper wing , head resting on his arms , eyes dosed .
3 Jesus was leaning against his taxi .
4 When I got out into the corridor I saw that a piece of wire had been strung between two beams on either side of the block and that a sort of ladder was leaning against it .
5 She reached the door , but got no further because Garty was leaning against it .
6 All the children , except Millie , scrambled from the room : she had staggered over to a side wall and was leaning against it , her hands hanging by her side , her mouth wide open to let her gasping breath free .
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