Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv prt] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keeping the ‘ common people ’ of Romania down by always increasing the demands put upon them and diminishing their rewards was good policy as well as economically necessary if his ever-more ambitious plans were to be accomplished . |
| 2 | He had Ken over by the allotments , when he used to stay in the car |
| 3 | Lennon hauled Ari up by her T-shirt . |
| 4 | Marcus pulled Pat up by the shoulders , pulling him up so that his head was higher , and Moxie thrust the pillow in behind him . |
| 5 | The fiend dragged Rex up by his hair . |
| 6 | THE tour departs Glasgow/Edinburgh on by coach 0845/1015 . |
| 7 | The effect of publishing a complete catalogue at the end of 1992 has been dramatic , with December 1992 sales up by 65% ; January 1993 up by 10% and February up by 33% . |
| 8 | ‘ Yesterday I phoned the police and now , if we do n't get Liam out by two o'clock , he 'll die for certain . ’ |
| 9 | But the fans said they planned to force Mr Sugar out by starving the club of ticket sales . |
| 10 | He lifted Zurachina up by the shoulders and set her aside . |
| 11 | Cumbria in by a whisker |
| 12 | They claimed that mid-week polls showing a large Labour lead had shocked some floating voters into the realisation that opting for the Liberal Democrats would let Mr Kinnock in by the back door . |
| 13 | Disused , ramshackle , and whistling with draughts , both its windows had been boarded up , and to obtain some light Denis had had to leave the door open after persuading Joshua Cohen in by pressing the gun firmly into the small of his back . |
| 14 | As Luke automatically put a finger to the button that prevented the door from closing , Maria tensed , turning to see Florian rushing towards them , towing Nicky along by the hand . |
| 15 | A new German willingness to compromise on farm subsidies , however , emerged on Oct. 9 , and by Oct. 14 the GATT Director-General Arthur Dunkel was able to tell the IMF/World Bank meeting in Bangkok that there were real prospects of concluding the Uruguay Round by end-year , a deadline he had presented as crucial if the whole process were not to end in failure . |
| 16 | " The European Council reiterates its firm commitment to a substantial , balanced and global package of results of the Uruguay Round by the end of the year … |
| 17 | Uttering a cry of disgust , Dauntless leapt forward and dragged Cleo up by the arm . |
| 18 | Platt out by a nose |
| 19 | Then , in the shoot-out they edged France out by 233-231 . |
| 20 | ‘ … there is another park , ’ wrote Mr Hutton in By Thames and Cotswold at the beginning of this century , ‘ it is isolated and wild with a Jacobean hunting lodge worth all the great houses near it thrown together . ’ |
| 21 | Lewis , though , pushing apparent naivety to incredulous proportions , said : ‘ I could n't let the WBC down by allowing Bowe to duck out of the commitment he made . |
| 22 | Britain 's so called special relationship with the United States has come under strain after President Clinton claimed that Britain had let America down by not backing its policies over Bosnia . |
| 23 | One day they went for a walk with Sinclair along by the river . |
| 24 | Anyway , they had managed to fend Terry off by pretending the money was hidden in Spain . |
| 25 | She had left Chetwynd Magna at ten o'clock , having seen both Gay and Felicity off by the London train ; and now it was nearly three , and her feet were cold ; she had eaten the sandwiches Matron had cut for her , and of course she had read all her papers hours and hours ago . |
| 26 | House prices for April up by 1 |
| 27 | Eva helped Shadwell out by designing one of these productions and making the costumes . |
| 28 | He appeared to strike a strong position in relation to the current GATT round by stating : ‘ I would say to those outside the community , we have reached the absolute limit in terms of our contribution towards a GATT deal on agriculture . ’ |
| 29 | But first we stand in line to use the bathroom : people popping their heads out of doorways to see how big the queue is , me letting Rachel in by herself . |
| 30 | I still believed implicitly in Tony DeFries and I 'm not trying to put Tony down by this at all . |