Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] me by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The soldier seized me by the hair and pushed me across the garden . |
| 2 | But JUSt as it IS proper for me to look back to my wedding day as assurance that I am really married , so it is proper to look back to my baptism as a mark given me by the Holy Spirit that I am really born again in Christ , and to the eucharist as a pledge that I do partake of his life , feed on him , and shall in the last day share his resurrection . |
| 3 | Jerry and Anna stood watching the swaying elephants in complete fascination , and Sam took me by the hand across to the cage of a huge lion . |
| 4 | I was arrested for riding a bicycle without a rear light ; I woke as an enraged policeman took me by the throat . |
| 5 | ‘ Then , late in the game , Ray Wilkins grabbed me by the shirt and threw me to the ground with a judo throw . |
| 6 | The driver grabbed me by the shoulder and asked for my fare . |
| 7 | I want to get summat else to play with and I try and get up , but Peter holds me by the arm . |
| 8 | The amount of serum given had to balance with the amount given me by the Pharmacist from the records she kept of that given to Ward Sisters for use on the wards . |
| 9 | I have sometimes gone into it when the King was absent from Delhi and once pretty far I thought , for the purpose of giving my advice in the case of a great lady so ill that she could not be moved to the outward gate ; but a Kachemire shawl covered my head , hanging like a large scarfe down to my feet , and a eunuch led me by the hand , as if I had been a blind man . |
| 10 | Some foul glutinous thing got me by the legs and ankles . |
| 11 | Benjamin grasped me by the arm . |
| 12 | ‘ On my first day the Prime Minister shook me by the hand . |
| 13 | My master seized me by the arm and pulled me over . |
| 14 | His invincible capacity for making friends soon prevailed , however , and , as he explained to Southey , ‘ they all except the Parson shook me by the hand , and said I was an open hearted honest-speaking Fellow , tho' I was a bit of a Democrat ’ . |
| 15 | Harriet plucks me by the sleeve and whispers , ‘ Mummy , what will Tracey 's Gran do now she 's dead , if she wants to go to the loo ? ’ |
| 16 | As weird Norman Bates was climbing the stairs in that awful , old dark house , the tension was so frightening that I almost screamed aloud , when my then boyfriend grabbed me by the arm and said : ‘ Let's watch horror films together for the rest of our lives ! ’ |
| 17 | I feel like I was behind glass , and for a moment I am reminded of my dream , but Jancey pulls me by the arm back into reality and asks , ‘ You want to come say hello to your friends ? ’ |