Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is little evidence that peasant faith declined , but the authority of village priests was progressively undermined : in terms of culture and way of life they differed too little from the ordinary villagers to inspire much respect , and the miserly provision made them by the State resulted in constant friction over money matters between priest and parishioner . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 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 | He grasped me by the shoulder . |
| 5 | She grasped me by the hand . |
| 6 | He pushed his horse nearer and grasped me by the arm , his long dark face , usually solemn , wreathed in smiles . |
| 7 | Benjamin grasped me by the arm . |
| 8 | It just caught me by the scruff of the neck and practically hammered my guts out . |
| 9 | One large , official hand grasped her by the elbow . |
| 10 | He drew her by the wrist off the bed , and went back into his own chamber . |
| 11 | Athelstan grasped him by the arm . |
| 12 | Balberith grasped him by the crisp , clean lapels of his waitering jacket and hoisted him aloft . |
| 13 | Trent caught him by the forearm . |
| 14 | He caught him by the shirt . |
| 15 | ‘ Adam ! ’ she screamed , reached out and caught him by the sleeve . |
| 16 | You 're a fool as well as surly , ’ said the boy , and stuck his neat , short nose in the air and bounced up from the table in dudgeon , but Harry caught him by the sleeve . |
| 17 | Cranston angrily stepped forward but Athelstan caught him by the sleeve . |
| 18 | Delaney caught him by the arm . |
| 19 | Harry ran and caught him by the arm , clenching his fingers desperately into the folds of the wide velvet sleeve . |
| 20 | She caught him by the hand . |
| 21 | A group of workmen crossing over to the Valley just before dawn found her by the shore . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ The middle sister found her by the pool in their garden . |
| 23 | I found her by the side of the house with her dog , looking like a complete tramp , with a patched-up old coat and hair all over the place . |
| 24 | Philip found him by the door into the yard . |
| 25 | He caught her by the waist , in a half rugby tackle , lifted her up , spun her around and in one fell swoop had hoisted her on to his shoulders even before she realised what was happening . |
| 26 | I followed her up to one of the other floors and caught her by the elbow . |
| 27 | She would have run past him , but he caught her by the elbow . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | His intense irritation with his distant superiors transferred itself with an illogical rush to the silent girl , and he caught her by the arm . |
| 30 | 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 . |