Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] by [pron] name " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not quite like the way he kept calling her by her name ; there was a humorous inflection on the three liquid syllables as though he found the name funny . |
| 2 | She had called him by his name — a thing she had so far refused to do . |
| 3 | ‘ Goodnight , ’ — Boy was not sure if he was yet allowed to address her by her name , did n't know if he yet had that right . |
| 4 | The secret language , the underground stream that forced through her like a river , that rose and danced inside her like the pulling jet of a fountain , that wetted her face and hands like fine spray , that joined her back to what she had lost , to something she had once intimately known , that she could hardly believe would always be there as it was now , which waited for her and called her by her name . |
| 5 | ‘ Then call me by my name . ’ |
| 6 | The flight to London , everything into place , co-operation will take you home , Michael — you do n't mind if I call you by your name , and I am Yuri — it would never be known in London that you have helped us , you would go home with honour … ’ |
| 7 | Every time you feed your Puppy , call it by its name . |
| 8 | ‘ As it has never impressed me either , you can pretend that I am normal and address me by my name . |