Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] by the [noun sg] " 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 am praised because I held it by the tail . ’ |