Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] up by [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alida hauled her up by the arms , plumped up the pillows , and shook them hard , until the dust soared . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |