Example sentences of "[verb] me by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Some foul glutinous thing got me by the legs and ankles . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Later on I produced a medical certificate , given me by the doctor , stating that my father was ill and that Saturdays and Sundays were the only days of the week I was at home and could help my mother look after him . |
| 6 | He grasped me by the shoulder . |
| 7 | She grasped me by the hand . |
| 8 | He pushed his horse nearer and grasped me by the arm , his long dark face , usually solemn , wreathed in smiles . |
| 9 | Benjamin grasped me by the arm . |
| 10 | Rather more , including Pike , came to shake me by the hand and ask me detailed and unanswerable questions about the nature of the extraterrestrials who had landed in the Wimbledon area . |
| 11 | It just caught me by the scruff of the neck and practically hammered my guts out . |
| 12 | I want to get summat else to play with and I try and get up , but Peter holds me by the arm . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Then he moved , brushing past Ward , and at that moment Iris Sunderby reached out , seizing me by the shoulder and letting out a scream as she fell to the ground , pulling me down on top of her . |
| 15 | Let me by the way put in a footnote here . |
| 16 | Owen was keen to show me his new electric racing car set and let me by the arm to his room . |
| 17 | He 'll see me by the fire , leaning against the mantelpiece , and know how things really are ; how they ought to be . |
| 18 | I woke up when someone shook me by the shoulder . |
| 19 | And he shook me by the throat |
| 20 | ‘ God bless you ! ’ she said with feeling , and shook me by the hand . |
| 21 | 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 ’ . |
| 22 | They were glad to see me and they shook me by the hand and one of them said : |
| 23 | ‘ On my first day the Prime Minister shook me by the hand . |
| 24 | The two biffos would have come sneaking through the door , rubbing their hands and telling themselves they 'd got me by the balls , and I 'd have pointed the extinguisher and put out their fire . |
| 25 | She 's got me by the jeans — the hand 's scabby — she 's got some skin disease . |
| 26 | 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 ? ’ |
| 27 | I began to tremble violently and would have fainted , had he not grabbed me by the elbow and guided me to a low wall , where I slumped down . |
| 28 | I know my father would raise a terrific stink if I told him the Headmistress had grabbed me by the hair and slung me over the playground fence . ’ |
| 29 | Before waiting for an answer she takes me by the hand and leads me on to the dance floor . |
| 30 | She takes me by the hand , but stops , and kisses Bob straight on the lips . |