Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] her by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The middle sister found her by the pool in their garden . |
| 2 | The words seized her by the throat . |
| 3 | Of course , he did n't mean it , but just for a moment the implied tenderness in his words took her by the throat . |
| 4 | The stranger had her by the arm . |
| 5 | It 's alleged Gary Corbett held her by the legs and swung her against a wall at the flat in which they all lived at Forest Green in Nailsworth , near Stroud in Gloucestershire . |
| 6 | Benedict seized her by the shoulders in an ungentle grip . |
| 7 | Leonora turned away blindly , and Penry caught her by the shoulders , forcing her round to face him . |
| 8 | As she went to walk past , Willi grabbed her by the arm and pushed her , quite roughly , into the passenger seat . |
| 9 | Penry grabbed her by the shoulders and turned her to face him . |
| 10 | ‘ It does n't matter , ’ she muttered , and turned away , but Penry seized her by the waist and turned her to face him . |
| 11 | Amyas took her by the arm and helped her to her feet . |
| 12 | Sitting on the bed , Theda took her by the shoulders and dragged her to sit up . |
| 13 | Baptiste gripped her by the lapels , steered her off the path , shouldered her up against a tree . |
| 14 | She made to rise , but Harry grabbed her by the wrists and she subsided back onto the bed with a sharp cry of pain . |
| 15 | Philip guided her by the arm into the front entrance and the hall , where a frightening array of girls in uniforms with white aprons and the cook , whom Eileen had known since she was a child , came up one by one and greeted them . |
| 16 | Delaney took her by the arm , and held her tightly as she struggled . |
| 17 | Adam held her by the shoulders ; through the gauze , he could feel her warm flesh . |
| 18 | Duvall seized her by the hair , dragging her away from the wall . |
| 19 | Dane gripped her by the shoulders then , and she thought he would shake her . |
| 20 | Melanie took her by the hand and drew her inside . |
| 21 | The Factory Whistle had been republished a few days before , and beside her Viola kept the pile of six copies sent her by the publishers , with its Lowry-ish cover of tall chimneys and matchstick men . |
| 22 | Bob caught her by the shoulder and used his own to wipe her face , while John turned on the woman and let loose a volley of dismissive French . |
| 23 | Allen took her by the arm and led her to the nearest stone shelter . |
| 24 | A group of workmen crossing over to the Valley just before dawn found her by the shore . ’ |
| 25 | One large , official hand grasped her by the elbow . |
| 26 | Naked , Kattina led her by the hand to the big bed . |
| 27 | Llewelyn caught her by the hand as she rose , with one of those warm , moving gestures of his that came so suddenly out of the very centre of his royalty , to join him by the heart with the simplest of those who moved about him . |
| 28 | The quarry took her by the scruff of her neck , and shoved her face into the screen . |
| 29 | Then Clare took her by the elbow and led her along the path which suddenly went through a gate and stopped . |
| 30 | Melissa took her by the arm and piloted her through the booking hall . |