Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] he by [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | When I detained him by a greeting , he looked up a little puzzled , saying that he thought that we lived in Cornwall Gardens . |
| 2 | I played him by the light of the moon until he was sufficiently exhausted to be manoeuvred into a bucket on the end of a stout rope . |
| 3 | Outside in the corridor I grabbed him by the elbow . |
| 4 | I saw him by the camp-fire , standing next to my mum , watching me hungrily . |
| 5 | ‘ No I had him by the balls . |
| 6 | She caught him by the hand . |
| 7 | But halfway through the somersault she caught him by an ankle and held him dangling upside-down like a plucked chicken in a shop-window . |
| 8 | Gently she shook him by the shoulder , and his eyes opened . |
| 9 | I 've burnt half the food waiting for you , ’ Stephen snapped impatiently as she joined him by the smoking barbecue . |
| 10 | He stood there like an idiot as she clasped him by the arms and kissed him on the cheek . |
| 11 | She predeceased him by a year . |
| 12 | She grabbed him by the back of his neck , and scraped her empty glass across his smile . |
| 13 | The nurse and the doctor left the room together for a moment and she grabbed him by the shoulders and shook him desperately , with an air-lock in her throat as though she were in a temper . |
| 14 | Rose went scuttling off to intercept Dieter ; she grabbed him by the hand and drew him towards the tea-table , her bird-like voice rising above the general chatter as she told him what had happened . |
| 15 | She grabbed him by the hand , her eyes frantically searching his . |
| 16 | She took him by the hands and said eagerly , ‘ Don — we could live here — it is right for us — would you like that , Don ? ’ |
| 17 | She took him by the arm and led him unresistingly into the house . |
| 18 | Seeing that Owen was having difficulties in getting used to the idea , she took him by the hand and pulled him down beside her on the divan . |
| 19 | In. , Finally , the boy tried to squirm past her like a silverfish but she had him by the hair and was breaking the rifle over his head and shoulders when my father stopped her . |
| 20 | She had him by the hand by then , and was drawing him in to the hearth , for the early November mist was on his shoulders , and his face looked thin and cold . |
| 21 | He stood no taller than his daughter , probably she exceeded him by an inch or two , but he had the shoulders of a bull , and a great head of brindled brown hair laced with grey , like his short , square beard . |
| 22 | Love reaching out to him took him by the heart and wrung him . |
| 23 | For once they had him by the balls . |
| 24 | He caught him by the shirt . |
| 25 | Finally he grabbed him by the collar , and with a spasmodic effort tipped him off the wharf into the canal . |
| 26 | When Gebrec approached , he took him by the arm and murmured something which Melissa took to be a mild reproof . |
| 27 | To Finlayson 's surprise , he took him by the elbow and steered him , quite gently , to the door . |
| 28 | He seized him by the waist and threw him bodily over the balustrade . |