Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ They were doing everything by the book . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | Jean was pulling him by the hand towards the dance . |
| 7 | Nigel Cramer was phrasing it by the book . |
| 8 | He was holding it by the bridle a minute or two later . |
| 9 | Someone was shaking him by the shoulder as the band played ‘ God Save the King ’ and everyone else in the cinema stood to attention . |
| 10 | Duvall was shaking him by the sleeve , bringing him back . |