Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I see you 've talked to Pickerage , ’ said Mr Crumwallis , his long , bony body now fully inside and draped up against the doorpost , his head poked forward , the whole effect being to make him look like a bereaved ostrich . |
| 2 | Other writers have emphasized the narrow social strata from which judges are drawn and have questioned the degree to which they are able to relate to ordinary people and to stand up against the powerful and the rich . |
| 3 | The pound , which has enjoyed a decent run so far this week , was again under pressure and sank back against the mark and the dollar . |
| 4 | Sighing , she ignored pride 's dictates and sank back against the pillows . |
| 5 | The door burst inward and crashed back against the wall . |
| 6 | It flung open and slammed back against the wall . |
| 7 | The door crashed open and slammed back against the wall with such force it seemed it would come off the hinges . |
| 8 | Outside I could hear rain falling upon the fire-escape and bouncing back against the window . |
| 9 | But at last she was back in her room , and sinking back against the closed door in a grief that was too deep for tears . |
| 10 | He repeated his question , and came up against the same smiling ignorance . |
| 11 | Hold the tape measure loosely round the pulled back curtain and hold back against the hook . |
| 12 | Williams was found guilty on 11 September 1991 on three charges relating to deserting his regiment and speaking out against the Gulf War . |
| 13 | On 11 September 1991 a court martial found Vic Williams guilty on three charges relating to deserting his regiment and speaking out against the Gulf War . |
| 14 | He cried out in agony and stumbled back against the wall . |
| 15 | He cried out in pain and stumbled back against the wall . |
| 16 | She got into bed and settled back against the pillows . |
| 17 | He could see the upturned hulls of a few boats drawn up onto the shore , mostly of fibreglass but some of varnished timber , all of them de-rigged and tied down against the weather . |
| 18 | He struggled into a sitting position , rubbing the sleep from his eyes , and lay back against the headboard . |
| 19 | Glancing at the clock , she sighed and lay back against the pillows , an arm flung across her eyes . |
| 20 | And his mother promised him so to do ; and then he departed from them and went out against the frontier of the Moors . |
| 21 | I put my hands in my pockets and leant back against the wall . |
| 22 | Blanche yawned and leant back against the aluminium bar that ran round the inside of the lift . |
| 23 | He sat on the bed and leant back against the pillow , stretching his long legs along the edge of the bed , and Robyn relaxed next to him , laying her head down thankfully by his side . |
| 24 | She folded her arms and leant back against the rail , watching while he tipped out and examined the contents of her sponge bag , and spread her socks , knickers , T-shirts and jeans across the counter . |
| 25 | ‘ Chung Hom Kok , m'goi , ’ she said tightly to the driver , and leant back against the blue leather seats as they pulled away . |
| 26 | But if one takes only one kilometre , again there is insufficient room for a settlement which would not be close up against the greenbelt boundary proposed by the County Council , and close up against the A sixty four . |
| 27 | Only a flicker from the television , reflected in the gloss of his eye and thrown up against the blank darkness , lent him the illusion of a lustre passing through her body , opaline . |
| 28 | I sat down on the bench and leaned back against the wall . |
| 29 | Yanto took a long swig of cider , then closed his eyes and leaned back against the tree trunk with a sign of contentment . |
| 30 | Sadie Sullivan folded her arms and leaned back against the doorjamb . |