Example sentences of "[conj] caught [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something was beginning to happen to her , an excitement , a wildness that caught her by the throat . |
| 2 | For answer , he kicked back and caught me on a shin . |
| 3 | On the climb-out at 100 ft there was a loud explosion and a lump of metal attached to a control wire whipped round and caught me in the groin . |
| 4 | The fist came up and caught him on the side of the head and Jack went down , seeing little sparkling stars . |
| 5 | Whitlock sprung to his feet and caught him on the side of the head with a stinging haymaker then followed up with two brutal body punches that dropped him to his knees . |
| 6 | He pounded Benichou to the body and caught him with a right cross to the chin at the end of the first . |
| 7 | He wanted to get back to his lodging house as soon as he could and get out of his suit , these tight-fitting shoes and his new white shirt which was just a little too small and caught him under the arms . |
| 8 | ‘ Adam ! ’ she screamed , reached out and caught him by the sleeve . |
| 9 | Harry ran and caught him by the arm , clenching his fingers desperately into the folds of the wide velvet sleeve . |
| 10 | He was about to skip past me and hit the bomb with the piece of wood — he had already raised it above his head and made the lunge — when I reached out and caught him round the waist . |
| 11 | Another one snapped out of the melée around Hrun and caught him around the waist . |
| 12 | Seb had two feet on the ladder when Melody took him by surprise and caught him in a hug . |
| 13 | Julie swung the hammer with all her strength and caught him in the mouth with its gleaming head . |
| 14 | I followed her up to one of the other floors and caught her by the elbow . |
| 15 | She made for the door , but as perforce she had to pass him he put out a hand and caught her by the wrist . |
| 16 | Then , as she skewered him with a look of pure detestation , he reached out suddenly and caught her by the wrists . |
| 17 | She gasped as Nicolo reached out and caught her by the shoulders . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , yes , it bloody well will ! ’ he said thickly , and caught her by the wrist , dragging her against his hard body . |