Example sentences of "was lean [adv prt] against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wriggled back further on the bed till he was leaning up against the wall . |
| 2 | She was waving her hands at him to deny what he was saying ; the press girl was running up , but Jean-Claude , she realised later , as she reconstructed the scene in her mind , was leaning up against the cameraman 's steel chair on the travelling rig and smoking , his hands cupped over his mouth as he did so , like a wise monkey hiding his speaking , his eyes half-closed behind his glasses , more lizard now than trout . |
| 3 | They 've taken three oil paintings ; two off the walls and one which was leaning up against the window sill , er the candlesticks and the vases off the altar , another very beautiful , very simple oak chair with cane seat and back . |
| 4 | Shadwell was leaning back against the wall and Eva was angry with him , making hard gestures with her fists . |
| 5 | And now the Trunchbull was leaning back against the weight of the whirling girl and pivoting expertly on her toes , spinning round and round , and soon Amanda Thripp was travelling so fast she became a blur , and suddenly , with a mighty grunt , the Trunchbull let go of the pigtails and Amanda went sailing like a rocket right over the wire fence of the playground and high up into the sky . |
| 6 | FitzAlan was leaning back against the wall , seemingly at ease , but his eyes were narrowed and the muscles of the forearm braced over his raised knee were rigid . |