Example sentences of "out [conj] [verb] [pron] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most land fell to the peasants who had tilled it for decades and the landlords or rentiers who held large amounts of land , renting it out or tilling it by hired labour . |
| 2 | He came running out and took me by the sleeve in the darkness . |
| 3 | I pulled Armstrong in behind his car , got out and joined him by the gate . |
| 4 | If someone said oh we do n't want two pipes it 's a bit messy , take them out and replace them by one that had the same resistance , that lets the same amount of water through , what would you replace those by ? |
| 5 | Abuelo Freitas reached out and shook her by the hand . |
| 6 | Already Parfois seemed to lie behind them , and Harry had almost lost that tense expectation that at every step someone would reach out and take him by the shoulder to haul him back into captivity . |
| 7 | She gasped as Nicolo reached out and caught her by the shoulders . |
| 8 | ‘ Adam ! ’ she screamed , reached out and caught him by the sleeve . |
| 9 | In the city one morning , as he turned the corner of the street into the shade of the acacias on the main boulevard , a woman ran out and plucked him by the sleeve , pulled him into a doorway and snatched his hand to kiss it . |