Example sentences of "shake me 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 ‘ God bless you ! ’ she said with feeling , and shook me by the hand .
3 I woke up when someone shook me by the shoulder .
4 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 ’ .
5 And he shook me by the throat
6 They were glad to see me and they shook me by the hand and one of them said :
7 ‘ On my first day the Prime Minister shook me by the hand .
8 Our host greeted us at the entrance gate , shaking me by the hand , bowing to Olivia , embracing the mali and frowning at Balvinder Singh .
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