Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] up by [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually , Maximum John was sunnily good-humoured on Monday , refraining entirely from picking anybody up by the lapels to ask them , ‘ You what ? |
| 2 | Even Jezrael hauled herself up by the strappings on a crate : silver lights shone through the mists of twilight . |
| 3 | Alida hauled her up by the arms , plumped up the pillows , and shook them hard , until the dust soared . |
| 4 | And then they scraped and scraped and cleaned it and then they hung it up by the legs up , pulled it up to the steading , up to the ceiling . |
| 5 | And despite Wednesday 's 2–0 cup collapse to Cookstown , coach Mark Sinnamon insists his young warriors can come through their toughest test since the 1986 Irish Senior Cup final when they pulled themselves up by the bootlaces to beat Three Rock Rovers . |
| 6 | Now the 11 strong Ulster contingent from that ill-fated Polish trip must drag themselves up by the bootlaces for an earlier-than-usual start to the domestic programme , as next weekend sees the opening round of matches , albeit in diluted form in the Harp Kirk Cup . |
| 7 | Now the 11 strong Ulster contingent from that ill-fated Polish trip must drag themselves up by the bootlaces for an earlier-than-usual start to the domestic programme , as next weekend sees the opening round of matches , albeit in diluted form in the Harp Kirk Cup . |
| 8 | Scamp turned to reach down into one of the boxes of groceries that were scattered over the floor but I did n't see what he was after as Nevil was lifting me up by the shoulders . |
| 9 | To dry beans , leave the mature pods on the plants as long as possible , then pull them up by the roots and hang them in the sun to complete drying . |
| 10 | But when I started walking across the table to the farmer , his youngest son , a boy of about ten , picked me up by the legs . |