Example sentences of "take [pers pn] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ramsay was less than delighted with the task , but consoled himself with the thought that at least the journey south would take them by Dunbar Castle again , and a call thereat would be possible . |
| 2 | And then we 'll take them by storm . |
| 3 | I made him take me by giving myself to him like a slave . |
| 4 | it might take me by surprise |
| 5 | ‘ I mean , if you can show me the way I will take you by car , ’ I said . |
| 6 | Ah yes I thought that would er take you by surprise I noticed the sharp intakes of breath there erm but even now we 're thinking in terms of expansion . |
| 7 | In John 6:15 , there is a curious statement , that ‘ Jesus , who could see why they were about to come and take him by force and make him king , escaped back to the hills by himself . ’ |
| 8 | In the late evenings his mother would take him by the hand for walks , and would play the concertina to him when they got home . |
| 9 | Already Parfois seemed to lie behind them , and Harry had almost lost that tense expectation that at every step someone would reach out and take him by the shoulder to haul him back into captivity . |
| 10 | No horse and rider should take her by surprise today , nor easily overlook her . |
| 11 | And her suppliant 's face , round and even in this twilight , thickly flushed in the hectic way that he had seen before , repulsed him and made him take her by the arm she had raised and move it like a detached limb back to her side . |
| 12 | It left her with a great admiration for the contemplatives , even if God still has to forcibly take her by the scruff of the neck and put tier in a position where she has no option but to be still on occasion . |
| 13 | She felt Matey take her by the arm and pull her rapidly away . |
| 14 | I did n't actually take her by her shoulders and shake her , but it was close . |
| 15 | Yeah but you wo n't take it by July will you ? |
| 16 | The nearest whole number of hours Do you take it by that number ? |
| 17 | We mourn the loss of the person who died and we respond to the change that this effects in our lives with panic or elation or anxiety or a whole gamut of emotions that may take us by surprise . |