Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] up by [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even Jezrael hauled herself up by the strappings on a crate : silver lights shone through the mists of twilight . |
| 2 | Alida hauled her up by the arms , plumped up the pillows , and shook them hard , until the dust soared . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 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 . |