Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] him by " in BNC.
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| 1 | She instantly jumped into the boat in which her father was seated , and seizing him by the breasts of his coat , motioned him to return to the shore . |
| 2 | Farrar s sentimentality may be excessive but we may envy his freedom to recognize and express childhood affection as well as childhood aggression ( ‘ I 'll kill you for that , ’ said Barker , leaping at Eric , and seizing him by the hair' ( ibid . |
| 3 | This illustrates another rare story : the seer Polyeidos shut in the tomb with Minos 's dead child Glaukos , and reviving him by means of a leaf with which he has seen a snake revive its mate which he had killed . |
| 4 | ‘ Follow me and no harm will come to thy sheep ’ , the Emperor replied , and taking him by the hand led him into a cave in the side of the mountain . |
| 5 | ‘ Do you know this face ? ’ said Isambard , turning Harry about in his hands to display him to them all , and taking him by the chin to jerk up his face to the light when he turned it haughtily aside . |
| 6 | Stanley can see through Blanche 's lies and deception but what annoys him is the pretence that Blanche puts on pretending to be better than him and taunting him by calling him a ‘ Polak ’ . |