Example sentences of "[coord] he [verb] [pron] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or he grabs him by the hair , drags back the head , makes the first deep cut . |
| 2 | And he irritates me by repeating things over and over again . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | There was a paddle with which Koresh beat his followers and he intimidated them by openly boasting , in crude detail , about even worse brutality . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | And so , Pilate he tries to do this , he tries first of all to shift the responsibility , and he does it by different methods , first of all he sends into Herod , the king then he suggests that Barabbas should be released to the people , now however , both of these methods of shifting responsibility have failed and the ball is firmly back with Pilate . |
| 7 | Alina was holding onto the door , because the six steps that she 'd taken to reach it had almost been enough to exhaust her ; Belov dusted off his hands and came over to her now , and he took her by the shoulders and turned her around and steered her back toward the bed that she 'd just left . |
| 8 | A deeper pink suffused his face , colouring the skin between the freckles of pale orange that the tropical sun had cast there , and he took her by the wrists and said , in English , ‘ Maybe , we 'll see , maybe one day . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I hate cocaine , ’ he said finally , and he surprised me by saying it for the Maggot had always struck me as one of life 's rebels . |
| 10 | I love to watch him , because he 's intelligent and he has extraordinary drive and he takes us by surprise , but he is n't an intuitive actor , and we 're aware of how cleverly he 's playing the part . ‘ |
| 11 | He does n't leave that sheep that he 's rescued in the wilderness , but he brings that one safely home as Jesus says , on his shoulder rejoicing , and he leads it by , as David says , the still waters , and by those green and verdant and lush pastures . |
| 12 | His intense irritation with his distant superiors transferred itself with an illogical rush to the silent girl , and he caught her by the arm . |
| 13 | Small , jerkily spasmodic movements stirred her whole body as she strained towards him , and he steadied her by sliding an arm about her waist , still intent on the proud thrust of the breast he was ravishing with such devastatingly effective skill . |
| 14 | And he shook me by the throat |
| 15 | As Pip has realised that Magwitch is Estella 's father and he comforts him by telling him that his daughter is still alive and that he is in love with her . |
| 16 | He was bigger than I and he grabbed me by my Sidcot collar and hauled me in the direction of the CFI 's office , I did not even have time to shake off my parachute before we burst into the " Holiest of Holies " . |
| 17 | Pascoe 's colour rose and he shocked her by the vehemence of his refusal . |
| 18 | ‘ I think , for perhaps the first and only time in his life , William had been trying to shake off his obsession , and he did it by getting as far away from temptation as possible . |
| 19 | But he greeted me by swearing at me , so I went into the hall to find somebody else . |
| 20 | But he got his by being murdered . ’ |
| 21 | She tried to embrace him , but he seized her by the arms and shook her till her teeth chattered . |
| 22 | She was tall for a woman , but he topped her by several inches , forcing her to look up at him . |
| 23 | She admired his courage in clouting the skinhead but he spoilt it by saying it had been instinctive and now he wished he had n't . |
| 24 | Michael is a man who knows his own mind and I was relying on him for some controversial quotes , but he surprised me by agreeing on the whole with Mr Isherwood 's choices . |
| 25 | We were doubtful as to whether Owen would lie still long enough for a back massage , but he surprised us by putting up with it for about ten minutes . |
| 26 | She would have run past him , but he caught her by the elbow . |
| 27 | It took the hero a year to find the creature , taking him beyond the boundaries of the world , but he captured it by swimming across a river , and brought it back alive , as was his instruction . |
| 28 | She asked for red wine and when he brought it she raised the glass and tried to think of something original and witty by way of a toast but he forestalled her by saying , ‘ Cheers , ’ and she could think of no other response . |