Example sentences of "i [verb] back against [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shrank back against the wooden seatback . |
| 2 | Having settled Rachel in a corner and piled our luggage round her and left you , Mig , on guard , I struggled back against the refugees and climbed the gangway again to find Tim looking a little bewildered in the midst of a seething mass of humanity but remarkably calm , and soon we were back on the small boat . |
| 3 | I leant back against the stone balustrade and lit a cigarette . |
| 4 | I leaned back against the cushions feeling too full . |
| 5 | Warm in the sleeping-bag , I leaned back against the after-wall of Joanna 's cuddy , drinking my cocoa before settling down to sleep . |
| 6 | I leaned back against the high , wooden bench , assessing Ralemberg as a true businessman who knew the workings of the London market . |
| 7 | I sat back against a pine-stem and became lost in the pamphlet . |
| 8 | The next moment I jumped back against the wall , trembling with fear and horror . |