Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pers pn] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds . |
| 2 | And you got the odd look but it was n't too severe because at least though they had no clothes on at least you were holding them by the waist . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Several London children who had been allocated to secondary education in a grammar or central school found , after they were evacuated , that they were denied it by the absence of such provision in their reception area . |
| 5 | The courage of Peter er after his denial is something that was given him by the Holy Spirit . |
| 6 | However : What Mr Taylor [ for the council ] said … was … that the common assumption which lay behind the agreement was that the council was the owner of the … land and that Mr Tillson had no interest in either parcel of land beyond the tenancy which the council was to grant him by the transaction . |
| 7 | Jean was pulling him by the hand towards the dance . |
| 8 | Nigel Cramer was phrasing it by the book . |
| 9 | He was holding it by the bridle a minute or two later . |
| 10 | And then he was dragging her by the hands , racing across the lawn , nearly pulling her arm from its socket , crashing through the kitchen door , crying aloud so that it sounded like a whoop of triumph . |
| 11 | Someone was shaking him by the shoulder as the band played ‘ God Save the King ’ and everyone else in the cinema stood to attention . |
| 12 | Duvall was shaking him by the sleeve , bringing him back . |
| 13 | And the final tribute was paid them by the Ferrarese organist Luzzasco Luzzaschi ( 1545 ? -1607 ) , a pupil of Rore , in his Madrigali … per cantare et sonare a uno , e doi , e tre soprani ( Rome , 1601 ) in which the lower parts of the madrigal were played on a harpsichord . |