Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] by [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ybreska reached out with both arms to embrace Kirov by the shoulders , his face wreathed in a rapturous smile . |
| 2 | Two of the guards shouldered their bows , grasped Twoflower by the elbows and lifted him off the ground . |
| 3 | Netwise 's RPC Toolkit is bought OEM by the likes of Sun Microsystems Inc , Hewlett-Packard Co and Unix System Laboratories Inc . |
| 4 | The old man 's gaunt face broke into a smile and his thin blue-veined hands clasped Corbett by the arms . |
| 5 | The other norw. players in the premiership seem certain of holding their places — players like Halle of Oldham , Thorstvedt ( Spurs ) and the rest of the pack are having a good spell at the moment ; Lars Bohinen of Nott Forest has in fact been nicknamed Super-Lars by the fans … |
| 6 | A woman saw the two boys holding James by the hands about an hour after they had left the shops . |
| 7 | FitzAlan broke off , reaching out to grasp Isabel by the shoulders . |
| 8 | He took Jane by the elbows and looked directly into her eyes . |
| 9 | Rising to his feet , Bob Lamb reached down and taking Martha by the hands , pulled her up . |
| 10 | He seized Flavia by the shoulders and shook her , , looked into her face and bellowed , ‘ So that 's the little girl who reads Voltaire at the bistro . ’ |
| 11 | Two men in white coats ran in and took Susan by the arms . |
| 12 | She sprang up , knocking over her coffee-cup in the process , and clutched Robyn by the shoulders . |
| 13 | One distinguished scientist was so indignantly incredulous that he seized Galambos by the shoulders and shook him while complaining that we could not possibly mean such an outrageous suggestion . |
| 14 | Penry took Leonora by the shoulders . |
| 15 | Presently Anna turned round to see a girl of about six shaking Corrie by the shoulders . |
| 16 | He was half man and half fish ; because he could live on both land and sea he was created Lord of the World and renamed Bel by the Sumerians . |
| 17 | With something fast approaching anger , he gripped Kirov by the shoulders , shaking him . |
| 18 | The tiny woman , her sharp face a mass of wrinkles , gripped Patrick by the arms and spun him around to face her . |
| 19 | Nicholson reached across the desk , grabbing Hugo by the lapels and pulling him towards him . |