Example sentences of "[pers pn] by the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | fucking laugh , so I said to her no I said it is this week Julie I said and it 's towards the end of the week but I 'll ring you by the weekend and let you know , well of course come the Thursday morning I have n't seen Val , and I was ever so upset because it really the end of the line money wise , I could n't do any more |
| 2 | And , as they 're all around us , in everything from Carter 's Glitter Band singalongs to The Orb 's concept albums — and ‘ Tubular Bells II ’ ! — let DAVID QUANTICK , ANDREW COLLINS and DANNY KELLY take you by the hand and lead you through The Decade That Said ‘ Nice One Cyril ’ — and got away with it ! |
| 3 | ‘ 1 , Yahweh , have called you to serve the cause of right ; I have taken you by the hand and formed you ; I have appointed you as covenant of the people and light of the nations . |
| 4 | He said , ‘ I did n't shake you by the hand when I met you . |
| 5 | I 'd like to take you by the throat and bang your head against the wall . ’ |
| 6 | Grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go . |
| 7 | Grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go . |
| 8 | Glastonbury , however , would challenge the most hardened hearts , a place of mystery and mysticism which catches you by the throat and provokes the mind to strange dreams . |
| 9 | Half five in a morning , with the rain going down the back of your bleeding neck , the police set upon you by the owner and the manager , eh , that 'd liven 'em up . |
| 10 | Graham started to smile , though he thought the joke itself might be in rather poor taste , but then he was aware of Sara turning quickly , putting her glass on the mantelpiece and looking straight at him , coming closer , her face set in strange hard lines , eyes bright , taking him by the elbow and turning her head as if to emphasise that she was talking to Graham , ignoring Slater , saying , " You do dance , do n't you ? " |
| 11 | To Finlayson 's surprise , he took him by the elbow and steered him , quite gently , to the door . |
| 12 | He said he had made a full examination of the submissions made to him by the council and by Mrs Kemp . |
| 13 | If you are at all normal , you bypass the urge to throttle him , or to shake him by the head and shout : ‘ What 's that got to do with anything ? ’ , and find yourself nodding in agreement as if he has just proved something . |
| 14 | Mahmoud reached forward , took him by the head and turned his face back towards him . |
| 15 | Any reasonable expenses incurred by the person who gave notice have to be made good to him by the company and recouped by the company out of any fees or other emoluments of the directors in default . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | A hand seized him by the hair and yanked his head back . |
| 18 | She got hold of him by the hair and dragged him to the police station , ’ he said . |
| 19 | Sweetheart smiled and released Frankie into the care of the other man , who gripped him by the shoulder and looked terribly stern . |
| 20 | Farrell grabbed him by the shoulder and pushed him towards a closed door leading off the hallway . |
| 21 | A hand took him by the shoulder and shook him awake , and he started up with a cry , for a moment not knowing where he was or what was happening to him . |
| 22 | Someone was shaking him by the shoulder as the band played ‘ God Save the King ’ and everyone else in the cinema stood to attention . |
| 23 | Love reaching out to him took him by the heart and wrung him . |
| 24 | He felt as if Simon were lifting him by the collar and dangling him so that his feet were off the earth and his toes straining to reach something . |
| 25 | Suddenly we saw Lenin seize him by the collar and in an incomparable matter-of-fact manner pitch him out on to the platform . " … |
| 26 | He seized him by the waist and threw him bodily over the balustrade . |
| 27 | All the while the cameraman is walking backwards the assistant cameraman walks behind him , holding him by the waist and steering him round children 's bicycles and feed-troughs . |
| 28 | He was not aware of any post being sought for him by the Government and , if offered one , would have turned it down . |
| 29 | Taking his curtain calls after a successful speech , he drew her to him by the hand and entwined his arms with hers until she gently shook him off , whereupon he enjoyed his triumph for a while manfully alone , until he again resorted to his wife Glenys , going to fetch her , leading her again by the hand , and holding her by the waist . |
| 30 | But when he made his appearance in the members ’ bar a few hours later , there were others happy to shake him by the hand and talk with him far into the night . |