Example sentences of "[noun sg] grabbed [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wind grabbed him under the arms and flipped him outwards and back as it had the torn raven banner already . |
| 2 | As Carole 's hand felt gingerly for the light switch , her husband grabbed her round the waist and buried his face in her neck , making growling noises as he did so . |
| 3 | The driver grabbed me by the shoulder and asked for my fare . |
| 4 | Despite Bob 's protestations that he was staying in the Presidential Suite , was trying to avoid fans , and was actually the ‘ BAWB DYLAN ’ , the callow youth grabbed him by the scruff of his ketchup-stained hooded to and sneered , ‘ Oh yeah , and I 'm the Prime Minister Of Ireland , so I am ’ . |
| 5 | My mother grabbed me at the very edge of the roof , just before I toppled the two storeys to the street . |
| 6 | So I did — and all of a sudden a man with a gun grabbed me round the neck and dragged me off . |
| 7 | As weird Norman Bates was climbing the stairs in that awful , old dark house , the tension was so frightening that I almost screamed aloud , when my then boyfriend grabbed me by the arm and said : ‘ Let's watch horror films together for the rest of our lives ! ’ |