Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb past] [pers pn] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The moment it was free of debt they dissolved the partnership and replaced it by the limited-liability company she had suggested in the first place . |
| 2 | She picked up the sheet-white leg of her murdered boy and warmed it by the fire . |
| 3 | Dorje greeted me at the bottom and pulled me by the hand across the slabs of ice which had cracked into pontoons , barely locked together . |
| 4 | Isabel refilled the beaker , then hoisted the pail and replaced it by the side of the bench . |
| 5 | The little girl , however , appeared to be roaring her approval as Punch proceeded to batter his wife and lay her by the baby 's side . |
| 6 | He crossed the bridge and seized her by the shoulders , shouting above the noise , ‘ My wife ? |
| 7 | Something was beginning to happen to her , an excitement , a wildness that caught her by the throat . |
| 8 | Paul did not , or affected not to , hear her and Erika walked across the yard and took him by the elbow . |
| 9 | Scott shot out a hand and grabbed her by the shoulder , spinning her round . |
| 10 | She made for the door , but as perforce she had to pass him he put out a hand and caught her by the wrist . |
| 11 | He reached for Pie and took him by the throat . |
| 12 | While he was doing this Maggie took a pan of boiling water from the cooker and laid it by the side of the sink . |
| 13 | Meredith , noticing Bunny fumbling in the pocket of his mackintosh , leaned across the table and seized him by the wrist . |