Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] [pron] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone was shaking him by the shoulder as the band played ‘ God Save the King ’ and everyone else in the cinema stood to attention . |
| 2 | And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds . |
| 3 | And you got the odd look but it was n't too severe because at least though they had no clothes on at least you were holding them by the waist . |
| 4 | Several London children who had been allocated to secondary education in a grammar or central school found , after they were evacuated , that they were denied it by the absence of such provision in their reception area . |
| 5 | ‘ They were doing everything by the book . |
| 6 | And then he was dragging her by the hands , racing across the lawn , nearly pulling her arm from its socket , crashing through the kitchen door , crying aloud so that it sounded like a whoop of triumph . |
| 7 | He was holding it by the bridle a minute or two later . |