Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] him by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt as if Simon were lifting him by the collar and dangling him so that his feet were off the earth and his toes straining to reach something . |
| 2 | However : What Mr Taylor [ for the council ] said … was … that the common assumption which lay behind the agreement was that the council was the owner of the … land and that Mr Tillson had no interest in either parcel of land beyond the tenancy which the council was to grant him by the transaction . |
| 3 | Jean was pulling him by the hand towards the dance . |
| 4 | Someone was shaking him by the shoulder as the band played ‘ God Save the King ’ and everyone else in the cinema stood to attention . |
| 5 | Duvall was shaking him by the sleeve , bringing him back . |