Example sentences of "shake [pers pn] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather more , including Pike , came to shake me by the hand and ask me detailed and unanswerable questions about the nature of the extraterrestrials who had landed in the Wimbledon area . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've no wish to argue with you , ’ said the young man , with the beginning of a smile on his lips , ‘ but I 'll be proud to shake you by the hand , Connor O'Dell . ’ |
| 3 | If you are at all normal , you bypass the urge to throttle him , or to shake him by the head and shout : ‘ What 's that got to do with anything ? ’ , and find yourself nodding in agreement as if he has just proved something . |
| 4 | ‘ Anyway , when it came to it , I did n't exactly see you rushing up ready to shake him by the finger , ’ he said . |
| 5 | But when he made his appearance in the members ’ bar a few hours later , there were others happy to shake him by the hand and talk with him far into the night . |
| 6 | ‘ I would like him to contact the police incase he can help but also because I would like to shake him by the hand . |
| 7 | Protagon is the new racket out of tennis mad Germany which feels like that old friend as soon as you come into contact with it , as soon as you shake it by the hand . |
| 8 | He smelt of good-quality eau de toilette , his grasp firm as he shook them by the hand and strode ahead , waving the nanny and his young son towards the sitting-room . |
| 9 | ‘ God bless you ! ’ she said with feeling , and shook me by the hand . |
| 10 | I woke up when someone shook me by the shoulder . |
| 11 | His invincible capacity for making friends soon prevailed , however , and , as he explained to Southey , ‘ they all except the Parson shook me by the hand , and said I was an open hearted honest-speaking Fellow , tho' I was a bit of a Democrat ’ . |
| 12 | And he shook me by the throat |
| 13 | They were glad to see me and they shook me by the hand and one of them said : |
| 14 | ‘ On my first day the Prime Minister shook me by the hand . |
| 15 | Gently she shook him by the shoulder , and his eyes opened . |
| 16 | Abuelo Freitas reached out and shook her by the hand . |
| 17 | After Becky had bade her farewells to the rest of the party , Guy drove her back to Chelsea and having said , ‘ Goodnight , Miss Salmon , ’ shook her by the hand . |
| 18 | Our host greeted us at the entrance gate , shaking me by the hand , bowing to Olivia , embracing the mali and frowning at Balvinder Singh . |
| 19 | Someone was shaking him by the shoulder as the band played ‘ God Save the King ’ and everyone else in the cinema stood to attention . |
| 20 | Duvall was shaking him by the sleeve , bringing him back . |
| 21 | She was awakened some time later by the sound of Fen 's voice and his hand briefly shaking her by the shoulder . |
| 22 | He said , ‘ I did n't shake you by the hand when I met you . |