Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] by [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though it was not the first hostile bid — Charles Clore and Isaac Wolfson beat it by several years — the aluminium battle was a prototype for future bids in which a buyer made an offer to the shareholders of a listed firm against the wishes of its managers . |
| 2 | When international marketing first appeared as a distinct subject few writers described it by any title other than that . |
| 3 | I may say that despite my reputation of being trigger-happy where libel writs are concerned , I restrained him by all sorts of expedients . |
| 4 | He called them by this name because , he said , they went ‘ floppy ’ when you shot them . |
| 5 | I leaned closer to Quigley , who , in a kind of transport of enthusiasm , grabbed me by both ears and squeezed my head hard . |
| 6 | He walked over , grabbed me by both lapels and screamed , ‘ Tu comprends , toi , ou quoi ? ’ |
| 7 | They seem to have curled their arms up from the mouth as five ribs and then connected them by more plates to form a sphere . |
| 8 | I found a felt-tip pen in the desk drawer and addressed the envelope to ‘ Mr F. MacLean ’ care of a pub I knew in Southwark where they knew me by that name . |
| 9 | Cardiff seized him by both arms , preventing his escape . |
| 10 | richly into , for I knew him by these things . |
| 11 | Alex put it on her finger with a sure movement , took her by both hands , and kissed her closely on the mouth . |
| 12 | At the door , Xanthe took her by both hands and held her so hard Miranda felt her nails cut into the palms and her eyes met hers with a pale blue flare , as clear as her father 's , and as unassailable , as she breathed out , holding Miranda by her side , and turned to face her father across the room . |
| 13 | I took her by both hands and I started to swing her in a circle , singing as I went , shouting the words of the song over and over again . |
| 14 | He took her by both hands , and drew her up to stand breast to breast with him . |
| 15 | ‘ Did you by any chance get to see New Canaan , Connecticut , between March 1 and April 14 last year ? |
| 16 | Lewis taking over from the greatest at the pavilion er Lawrence and er , first time we 've seen Lawrence this morning , and on the subject of frustration Victor which you were just airing then , did you by any chance see Tony Locke at er Old Trafford when Laker took his . |
| 17 | The Supreme Court charged Cerda himself with ‘ lack of discipline ’ , suspended him on half pay for two months , and replaced him by another judge who dutifully closed his case . |
| 18 | She was tall for a woman , but he topped her by several inches , forcing her to look up at him . |
| 19 | 21 ) who explicitly rejected the ‘ classical doctrine ’ of democracy , according to which it embodies distinctive ideals concerning participation in political life and the relationship between political leaders and the people , and replaced it by another theory of democracy as ‘ competition for political leadership ’ : ‘ the democratic method is that institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to decide by means of a competitive struggle for the people 's vote ’ ( p. 269 ) . |
| 20 | Then he held me by both arms and stared fiercely down into my eyes . |
| 21 | He gripped her by both shoulders . |