Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] by my " in BNC.
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1 | that was taught me by my grandmother , Annie Scanlon . |
2 | Twenty years later , Charles reminded an assembly of how " a part of the realm was assigned me by my lord and father … and in it the metropolitan see of Sens then lacked a pastor . |
3 | How did young Bruce become Uncle Bruce , to use the saucy sobriquet given me by my ever ebullient fellow presenter Richard Wyatt . |
4 | People in the street , who knew that I was engaged in negotiations , would come up to me , grab me by my lapels and say , ‘ Get an agreement , we beg you . |
5 | I love you , I need you , I want you by my side for all eternity . |
6 | Julie , who 's 26 , says , ‘ I keep it in my bag when I 'm at work , and often place it by my bed at night . ’ |
7 | And the land shown me by my guides , my deliverers , how painterly it was , the buildings of earthen crockery , the stone variegated like pork brawn in the mild breath of dusk . |
8 | She mostly calls me by my last name . |
9 | Benjamin grabbed me by my doublet . |
10 | He was bigger than I and he grabbed me by my Sidcot collar and hauled me in the direction of the CFI 's office , I did not even have time to shake off my parachute before we burst into the " Holiest of Holies " . |
11 | I keep the snapshot you sent me by my bed , but although I can see it is you , you look different — so much older . |
12 | I tell you , after a long life of many escapes , many dramas which might have been tragedies , what I want and would value most is to be free to choose as much of my life as is given to me — to live it by my own lights , Mary , to do , insofar as God wills it , what I want to do to the very hilt and limit . ’ |
13 | In his April review AB , while remaining loyal to the Walter and Klemperer versions , summed it up as ‘ the most compelling and most spontaneous of performances recorded in the past few years , and I shall want it by my for the sheer beauty of the sound , often in that respect surpassing any other version ’ . |
14 | Everyone needs to earn a living , and when I went to New York , I was glad that I could earn mine by my playing . |
15 | " No , I got it by my own self . " |
16 | pair call me by my first name too as if |
17 | ‘ And please , ’ he said , ‘ call me by my nickname — Bubble . ’ |
18 | When , gentle reader , someone over-uses your name as a controlling tactic , a throwaway comment disguising an analysis of what is going on can be most effective : ‘ Gosh , it 's interesting how you call me by my Christian name so much ’ ( sub-text : ‘ I 've rumbled you — stop it ’ ) . |
19 | ‘ Then call me by my name . ’ |
20 | Always before when I ran my head , and my country , and my son 's inheritance into danger , and stood to it in arms , always I had you by my side , heart in heart with me . |
21 | ‘ As it has never impressed me either , you can pretend that I am normal and address me by my name . |