Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] she by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The middle sister found her by the pool in their garden . |
| 2 | She felt Matey take her by the arm and pull her rapidly away . |
| 3 | The words seized her by the throat . |
| 4 | Of course , he did n't mean it , but just for a moment the implied tenderness in his words took her by the throat . |
| 5 | The stranger had her by the arm . |
| 6 | As she went to walk past , Willi grabbed her by the arm and pushed her , quite roughly , into the passenger seat . |
| 7 | ‘ It does n't matter , ’ she muttered , and turned away , but Penry seized her by the waist and turned her to face him . |
| 8 | Amyas took her by the arm and helped her to her feet . |
| 9 | Philip guided her by the arm into the front entrance and the hall , where a frightening array of girls in uniforms with white aprons and the cook , whom Eileen had known since she was a child , came up one by one and greeted them . |
| 10 | Delaney took her by the arm , and held her tightly as she struggled . |
| 11 | She remembered dinner , then dancing with Jack Butler , Annie saying something to her , a nun taking her by the arm . |
| 12 | Now Stacey , I remember , she used to , this is , must be mentioned within the bunk as well , cos I , for some reason I remember sitting her down on the chair to dress her by the bunk |
| 13 | Duvall seized her by the hair , dragging her away from the wall . |
| 14 | Then turning to Millie , whose expression almost broke her down and gave her the urge to take her by the hand and run from this place , only her good sense stopped her ; and bending down , she put her arms around the child and when she felt the tightness of the embrace and the pressure of the thin body against her belly , it was only with an effort she stopped the tears from flowing . |
| 15 | Melanie took her by the hand and drew her inside . |
| 16 | Bob caught her by the shoulder and used his own to wipe her face , while John turned on the woman and let loose a volley of dismissive French . |
| 17 | Allen took her by the arm and led her to the nearest stone shelter . |
| 18 | As for Jessie herself , she had held her in her arms and reassured her that her Robbie would be all right , even though , from the scanty information given her by the nurse , she could n't know for sure if he would be . |
| 19 | A group of workmen crossing over to the Valley just before dawn found her by the shore . ’ |
| 20 | One large , official hand grasped her by the elbow . |
| 21 | Naked , Kattina led her by the hand to the big bed . |
| 22 | Llewelyn caught her by the hand as she rose , with one of those warm , moving gestures of his that came so suddenly out of the very centre of his royalty , to join him by the heart with the simplest of those who moved about him . |
| 23 | The quarry took her by the scruff of her neck , and shoved her face into the screen . |
| 24 | Then Clare took her by the elbow and led her along the path which suddenly went through a gate and stopped . |
| 25 | Melissa took her by the arm and piloted her through the booking hall . |