Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [pers pn] [adv prt] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | His companions at base camp were expecting him back by dusk at the latest . |
| 2 | As the girl played the woman dilated her nostrils and rose slightly off the piano stool , as if someone was drawing her up by an invisible wire attached to the crown of her head . |
| 3 | The next thing I knew he was pulling me up by my hair . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He was setting it up by way of defence to her application for leave to proceed on the judgment . |