Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] me by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I woke up when someone shook me by the shoulder . |
| 2 | She grasped me by the hand . |
| 3 | Before waiting for an answer she takes me by the hand and leads me on to the dance floor . |
| 4 | She takes me by the hand , but stops , and kisses Bob straight on the lips . |
| 5 | ‘ I was walking down Piccadilly in 1973 with the woman who was later to become my wife when she grabbed me by the arm and steered me into St James 's church to see the carvings ’ . |
| 6 | But I did get another tingle of excitement when I swam a shade too near a jagged reef , and she grabbed me by the shoulder to pull me away . |
| 7 | Well , it did n't do them much good May Lee came and rescued me In fact she seized me by the arm ‘ Well ? ’ she said |
| 8 | They were glad to see me and they shook me by the hand and one of them said : |
| 9 | He was pulling him , trying to get him off me — he threw him — he just threw him at the bed — I knew he was all right , he were screaming but I could n't — they were both screaming , Cathy and Gary both , and he got me by the throat . |
| 10 | He grasped me by the shoulder . |
| 11 | I and my new friend then went to Ku where he took another 15,000 pesetas off me — the price had gone up , he said — and he parked me by the dance-floor and said he 'd be back in five minutes . |
| 12 | And he shook me by the throat |
| 13 | He grabbed me by the throat and began throttling me , all the while demanding her address . |
| 14 | Welford said : ‘ He grabbed me by the lapels and cuffed me across the face , but I shielded myself from the rest of his blows . ’ |
| 15 | He grabbed me by the arm . |
| 16 | He took me by the wrist , and held me hard , |
| 17 | He took me by the hand |
| 18 | He was looking at me as if he really hated me ; he seized me by the shoulders and pushed me over to the bathroom mirror . |
| 19 | He seized me by the arm . |
| 20 | Suddenly , as we were boarding , he tugged me by the sleeve and said quietly : ‘ You 'd better pull your socks up , or you 'll be playing for your place . ’ |
| 21 | He tugged me by the sleeve and pointed to Santerre 's wife . |