Example sentences of "take they by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now what tends to happen is , as you know , there is lots and lots of different guests on his chat show and if he feels threatened by them in any way shape or form , what he does he relaxes her , comes in over the top , turns them over , takes them by the shoulder and pushes them into the chair and what he is saying , he is saying , this is my chat show , do n't you submit . |
| 2 | Ramsay was less than delighted with the task , but consoled himself with the thought that at least the journey south would take them by Dunbar Castle again , and a call thereat would be possible . |
| 3 | And then we 'll take them by storm . |
| 4 | At least 43 Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement guerrillas were killed when army troops took them by surprise in the central Peruvian province of Oxapampa , a military spokesman said yesterday . |
| 5 | Life-size photographs were displayed outside the theatre during final rehearsals and an enormous amount of publicity was generated before the show but Opening nights always took them by surprise . |
| 6 | Their guides took them by a route well to the west of the main Annandale road , round the hill of Trailtrow , although they did not see it , avoiding the Brydekirk area , and on down the winding valley of a small stream running south-eastwards . |
| 7 | He took them by a tortuous route to a pub called The Black Dog , which made a change from horses and pookas , until she recollected uneasily that a black dog was one of the devil 's traditional earthly disguises . |
| 8 | She took them by a short cut to the Weinbaum Canal . |
| 9 | Not like the covenant which I made when I took them by the hand To bring them out of the land of Egypt — my covenant which they broke Although I was a husband to them , says the Lord . |
| 10 | They thought they could make fun of a country girl , but my answer took them by surprise . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I took them by mistake . |
| 12 | Half way round the first lap a short sharp guest of wind took them by surprise and they found themselves having an early bath . |
| 13 | We took 'em by surprise , ’ he assured the sheriff . |
| 14 | Oswiu seems to have taken them by surprise and brought them to bay on the banks of the River Winwaed , now swollen by autumnal rains , and probably to be identified with the River Went , a tributary of the Don . |
| 15 | The afternoon and evening seemed to pass with agonizing slowness , yet , when the time came for Maurice 's departure , it felt to Charlotte as if it had crept up and taken them by surprise . |
| 16 | Incidentally , vitamins were applied percutaneously to treat severely vitamin-deficient ex-prisoners too ill to take them by mouth after the Second World War . |
| 17 | Now , belatedly , they tried to take them by force , an exercise in which they failed despite the loss of tens of thousands of irreplaceable soldiers . |
| 18 | The men who walk our streets as community bobbies today are equipped and ready to take them by force tomorrow . |
| 19 | As she had supposed , it had been best to take them by surprise . |
| 20 | Hens are galleon-hulled : we take them by storm , |
| 21 | We take them by the hand . |