Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [pron] by [art] " 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 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 .
3 They were doing everything by the book .
4 Only it seems they was callin' him by a different name , or names even .
5 And you know she treasures it because it was given her by a grateful patient centuries ago .
6 And then he was dragging her by the hands , racing across the lawn , nearly pulling her arm from its socket , crashing through the kitchen door , crying aloud so that it sounded like a whoop of triumph .
7 He was holding it by the bridle a minute or two later .
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