Sentence examples for a gate against from inspiring English sources

He also has the politician's trick of eliding the last word of one sentence to the first of the next, while stressing both words, in order to close a gate against interruption.

Degassing of a coal bed via cross-measure boreholes from an underlying drainage gallery (UDG) is a reliable method for safeguarding a gate road against gas outbursts.

She smacked her face against a gate while sliding on her hip.

2) If you listen carefully, you can hear the precise moment skier Yannick Bertrand uses his groin as a brake against a gate.

"On the legal immigration side, it's like a crowd pushing against a gate: There's only room for so many to get through," he said.

Then, last Wednesday, she fell again while training slalom in Austria, the left side of her face smacking against a gate.

Salaam was approaching his driveway after grocery shopping for a family barbecue when an officer pulled him out of the car and threw him against a gate.

The two officers were backed up against a gate that served as the entrance to a courtyard, the police and witnesses said.

At a stadium that is serving as a detention center, more than 100 people, mostly women, pressed up against a gate outside, begging guards for news of their relatives.

Against a gate toward the back of the pier, a weathered old guy in a Bulls jersey sat in a foldable nylon chair, a beer in his cup holder, nodding to the beat.

Keepers used positive reinforcement, primarily Bibi's favorite foods, to condition the 3200-pound hippo to stand in a certain location, lean against a gate and stay still during ultrasound procedures.