Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie approached Godfrey and said over his shoulder , ‘ I made it by the pound cake method . |
| 2 | So naturally I had to get it with and it was heavier th I do n't know how much it weighed , I I I got it by the way , in my barn in farm in Indiana , one of the last relics of Brothers . |
| 3 | I found her by the side of the house with her dog , looking like a complete tramp , with a patched-up old coat and hair all over the place . |
| 4 | I played him by the light of the moon until he was sufficiently exhausted to be manoeuvred into a bucket on the end of a stout rope . |
| 5 | Outside in the corridor I grabbed him by the elbow . |
| 6 | I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres . |
| 7 | I knew it by the way their eyes glowed green and yellow in the dark and because they always hopped in my direction in spite of how much I hated them . |
| 8 | I saw him by the camp-fire , standing next to my mum , watching me hungrily . |
| 9 | I stepped closer and the young woman rose and made to flee but I seized her by the wrist . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I took her by the hand and stepped into the water . |
| 12 | I remember once I took you by the shoulders and said , ‘ Listen , love , I 'm talking to you about your mother . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ No I had him by the balls . |
| 14 | I am praised because I held it by the tail . ’ |
| 15 | She caught him by the hand . |
| 16 | She grasped me by the hand . |
| 17 | Gently she shook him by the shoulder , and his eyes opened . |
| 18 | He stood there like an idiot as she clasped him by the arms and kissed him on the cheek . |
| 19 | But I did get another tingle of excitement when I swam a shade too near a jagged reef , and she grabbed me by the shoulder to pull me away . |
| 20 | ‘ I was walking down Piccadilly in 1973 with the woman who was later to become my wife when she grabbed me by the arm and steered me into St James 's church to see the carvings ’ . |
| 21 | She grabbed him by the back of his neck , and scraped her empty glass across his smile . |
| 22 | The nurse and the doctor left the room together for a moment and she grabbed him by the shoulders and shook him desperately , with an air-lock in her throat as though she were in a temper . |
| 23 | Rose went scuttling off to intercept Dieter ; she grabbed him by the hand and drew him towards the tea-table , her bird-like voice rising above the general chatter as she told him what had happened . |
| 24 | She grabbed him by the hand , her eyes frantically searching his . |
| 25 | Perhaps you pulled her by the ankles , dragging her head beneath the water ? |
| 26 | She took him by the hands and said eagerly , ‘ Don — we could live here — it is right for us — would you like that , Don ? ’ |
| 27 | She took him by the arm and led him unresistingly into the house . |
| 28 | Seeing that Owen was having difficulties in getting used to the idea , she took him by the hand and pulled him down beside her on the divan . |
| 29 | She took her by the shoulders and turned her round to face the house . |
| 30 | Well , it did n't do them much good May Lee came and rescued me In fact she seized me by the arm ‘ Well ? ’ she said |