Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] him by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the two shorts months that it took to draft the White Paper , opposition could be quelled , using the new powers and wholehearted support given him by the Prime Minister . |
| 2 | The Minotaur was finally slain by Theseus , who found his way out of the labyrinth by trailing a skein of thread given him by the king 's daughter , ARIADNE . |
| 3 | On 26 March , back in Chicago , Coleman applied for a US passport in the name of Thomas J. Leavy , using the birth certificate given him by the CIA in 1982 and the documents issued in Washington . |
| 4 | Trent caught him by the forearm . |
| 5 | Part of the confusion came from the unworthy pleasure given him by the prospect of holding onto his ward a little longer . |
| 6 | The blow came at a meeting on Saturday when members voted not to let him stand as an election candidate — despite a recommendation to accept him by the executive committee . |
| 7 | Scott grabbed him by the lapels and hauled him to his feet . |
| 8 | Last night Graveney confirmed that he 'd made the allegation but was ‘ obviously very disappointed ’ at the bid to veto him by the Pakistan Board . |
| 9 | Hitch grabbed him by the lapels , pulling him close . |
| 10 | Johnny grabbed him by the shirt collar . |
| 11 | In addition to these sermons on the principal Holy Days of the Church , Andrewes preached before the King each year on the anniversary of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot and on that of James 's escape whilst King of Scotland from an attempt to murder him by the Earl of Gowrie and his brother . |
| 12 | Mr Yeltsin 's aides have said he would ignore a vote to remove him by the Congress , which was elected before the collapse of the Soviet Union . |
| 13 | He allowed Jane to sit him by the table and then damp down his hair with water — ice cold and brackish ! — from the ewer . |
| 14 | Trung grabbed him by the shoulders and turned him bodily in the direction of the village . |
| 15 | A constable had him by the arm and was turning him about — was that all ? no arguments ? |
| 16 | Suddenly we saw Lenin seize him by the collar and in an incomparable matter-of-fact manner pitch him out on to the platform . " … |
| 17 | President Dawda Jawara pardoned 35 prisoners in an amnesty allowed him by the Gambian Constitution , to mark the 26th anniversary of independence on Feb. 18 . |
| 18 | Gebrec returned from putting the bus away and Bonard took him by the arm and led him to the terrace . |
| 19 | Delaney caught him by the arm . |
| 20 | You 're a fool as well as surly , ’ said the boy , and stuck his neat , short nose in the air and bounced up from the table in dudgeon , but Harry caught him by the sleeve . |
| 21 | Philip found him by the door into the yard . |
| 22 | Taking advantage of the discretionary powers granted him by the tsar , he asked for a treaty guaranteeing Russia 's right to a protectorate over the Orthodox Christians of the Ottoman Empire . |
| 23 | Tony was cowering away , shaking as Damian held him by the lapels of his shirt . |
| 24 | Every time he felt himself sinking , Nails ' prehensile toes grasped him by the Adam 's apple and lifted his head clear of the water . |
| 25 | Middlemass caught him by the shoulders and felt the weight of his head against his chest . |
| 26 | Gabriel irritated him by the way she could get something nearly right but not quite . |
| 27 | But if you do n't want to hear it … ’ he made as if to go but Herr Nordern took him by the elbow . |
| 28 | Sister Cooney took him by the arm and he went with her , unresisting . |
| 29 | His Mum took him by the shoulders and turned him to face her . |
| 30 | For the next seventy-five minutes he will be the most important man on the floor-maintaining discipline and relaying all the instructions given him by the team assembled up in the gallery . |