Example sentences of "she [verb] [pers pn] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But our knitwear in particular , erm she effected us by the little jumper she wore er with Charlie before she got engaged . |
| 2 | She caught him by the hand . |
| 3 | She grasped me by the hand . |
| 4 | And she goes up to the two blokes and she grabs them by the balls and goes mm not bad , nice butt , you know ? |
| 5 | Gently she shook him by the shoulder , and his eyes opened . |
| 6 | She leads him by the hand , and from a distance they resemble those drawings of Christopher Robin dragging Winnie The Pooh along the ground . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm glad she waited for the wedding to be over , ’ whispered Mrs Alderley in Theda 's ear , as she joined her by the French windows that had been opened to the terrace outside . |
| 8 | I 've burnt half the food waiting for you , ’ Stephen snapped impatiently as she joined him by the smoking barbecue . |
| 9 | He stood there like an idiot as she clasped him by the arms and kissed him on the cheek . |
| 10 | Before waiting for an answer she takes me by the hand and leads me on to the dance floor . |
| 11 | She takes me by the hand , but stops , and kisses Bob straight on the lips . |
| 12 | ‘ I was walking down Piccadilly in 1973 with the woman who was later to become my wife when she grabbed me by the arm and steered me into St James 's church to see the carvings ’ . |
| 13 | But I did get another tingle of excitement when I swam a shade too near a jagged reef , and she grabbed me by the shoulder to pull me away . |
| 14 | She grabbed him by the back of his neck , and scraped her empty glass across his smile . |
| 15 | The nurse and the doctor left the room together for a moment and she grabbed him by the shoulders and shook him desperately , with an air-lock in her throat as though she were in a temper . |
| 16 | Rose went scuttling off to intercept Dieter ; she grabbed him by the hand and drew him towards the tea-table , her bird-like voice rising above the general chatter as she told him what had happened . |
| 17 | She grabbed him by the hand , her eyes frantically searching his . |
| 18 | She took him by the hands and said eagerly , ‘ Don — we could live here — it is right for us — would you like that , Don ? ’ |
| 19 | She took him by the arm and led him unresistingly into the house . |
| 20 | Seeing that Owen was having difficulties in getting used to the idea , she took him by the hand and pulled him down beside her on the divan . |
| 21 | She took her by the shoulders and turned her round to face the house . |
| 22 | Well , it did n't do them much good May Lee came and rescued me In fact she seized me by the arm ‘ Well ? ’ she said |
| 23 | Especially not if she puts them by the bed . ’ |
| 24 | In. , Finally , the boy tried to squirm past her like a silverfish but she had him by the hair and was breaking the rifle over his head and shoulders when my father stopped her . |
| 25 | She had him by the hand by then , and was drawing him in to the hearth , for the early November mist was on his shoulders , and his face looked thin and cold . |
| 26 | He pulled his hand gently from hers , and , still gentle , put his arm around her to hold her by the shoulder . |