Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] her by the " in BNC.
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1 | She felt Matey take her by the arm and pull her rapidly away . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Benedict seized her by the shoulders in an ungentle grip . |
4 | Then he saw Carrie turn and look at Mick and Mick take her by the shoulders and look down into her face . |
5 | Leonora turned away blindly , and Penry caught her by the shoulders , forcing her round to face him . |
6 | With Roy holding her by the arms she walked up his body until , reaching his shoulders , she flipped over and landed on her feet , screeching with laughter . |
7 | As she went to walk past , Willi grabbed her by the arm and pushed her , quite roughly , into the passenger seat . |
8 | Penry grabbed her by the shoulders and turned her to face him . |
9 | ‘ It does n't matter , ’ she muttered , and turned away , but Penry seized her by the waist and turned her to face him . |
10 | Sitting on the bed , Theda took her by the shoulders and dragged her to sit up . |
11 | Baptiste gripped her by the lapels , steered her off the path , shouldered her up against a tree . |
12 | She made to rise , but Harry grabbed her by the wrists and she subsided back onto the bed with a sharp cry of pain . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | Delaney took her by the arm , and held her tightly as she struggled . |
15 | Adam held her by the shoulders ; through the gauze , he could feel her warm flesh . |
16 | Duvall seized her by the hair , dragging her away from the wall . |
17 | Melanie took her by the hand and drew her inside . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | Allen took her by the arm and led her to the nearest stone shelter . |
20 | Naked , Kattina led her by the hand to the big bed . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | Then Clare took her by the elbow and led her along the path which suddenly went through a gate and stopped . |
23 | Melissa took her by the arm and piloted her through the booking hall . |