Example sentences of "back against [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She laid her head back against a cushion , breathing in deeply and regularly to relax the tension in the back of her neck , but it was no use . |
| 2 | She was sitting with her back against a tree more than half asleep . |
| 3 | Leaning back against a tree trunk , as though to draw strength from it , she announced in a suddenly firm voice , ‘ I will be rid of you . |
| 4 | Frankenstein had slumped back against a tree-trunk for support , his head lolling back as if he were about to collapse in a faint . |
| 5 | ‘ If you remember the scene , a Voord is fighting with Ian when he gets thrown back against a wall . |
| 6 | I sat back against a pine-stem and became lost in the pamphlet . |
| 7 | I lower myself into a contained eddy of water and lean back against a seat of rounded stone . |
| 8 | As Berlioz , ‘ leaning back against a cypress tree ’ , watched the grave-digger moving the decomposed body , the skull became detached , ‘ the ungarlanded , withered , hairless head of ‘ poor Ophelia ’ . ’ |
| 9 | The force of the casual blow was such that Yet was flung back against a bookcase . |
| 10 | And Cardiff knew , as the thing pulled him sharply back against the metal stair-rails with an echoing clatter , that the thing had double-backed to the sounds from the service corridor , had torn the still-imprisoned Farley Peters from the wall . |
| 11 | Sighing , he came to a halt and leaned back against the hedge they were passing . |
| 12 | Though the actual trees stood back against the sky their reflections had to be made to advance so that their topmost branches felt close . |
| 13 | Fran picked up her glass and took a sip of the wine before resting her head back against the cushion . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd noticed , ’ he growled , and dropped his head back against the cushion . |
| 15 | Then , suddenly , she was free as Leo thrust her away with enough force to slam her back against the window and set it rattling behind her . |
| 16 | Outside I could hear rain falling upon the fire-escape and bouncing back against the window . |
| 17 | Jazz looked at it for a long time , then he propped it back against the lamp , and turned the light out . |
| 18 | Yanto took a long swig of cider , then closed his eyes and leaned back against the tree trunk with a sign of contentment . |
| 19 | I suddenly hit the grey thing and it fell back against the tree . |
| 20 | Her eyes widened , and she swallowed down her growing panic , as with cool deliberation he pushed her back against the tree . |
| 21 | Though she would have been more comfortable beside him , with her back against the tree , she did n't want to risk touching him . |
| 22 | He was lounging back against the tree trunk a few yards away , consulting his compass and studying the map intently . |
| 23 | The consequence of turning an aggressive , egoistic drive back against the self in this characteristic way was to turn egoism into altruism , and aggression into self-punishment and guilt . |
| 24 | Freud 's finding was that guilt is , starts off as an aggressive drive in the id that could go anywhere , preferably towards other people , but the superego uses some of this aggression and destructive energy arising in the id and then turns it back against the ego , and uses it to punish the ego , so the aggression , instead of going into someone else or into the outside world , is turned back against the self and to that extent is self-destructive . |
| 25 | Guy leaned back against the hut door , dragging the cold night air into his lungs , and tried not to think of the anguish in Isabel 's white face , of the tears drowning her luminous grey eyes . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The Germans , panting for breath , sank back against the ice . |
| 28 | ‘ You are no trouble , ’ she had said , lying back against the satin cushions , smelling of rosewater and musk . |
| 29 | I leant back against the stone balustrade and lit a cigarette . |
| 30 | She settled her back against the stone . |