Example sentences of "he took [pron] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Gebrec approached , he took him by the arm and murmured something which Melissa took to be a mild reproof . |
| 2 | To Finlayson 's surprise , he took him by the elbow and steered him , quite gently , to the door . |
| 3 | He took them by a tortuous route to a pub called The Black Dog , which made a change from horses and pookas , until she recollected uneasily that a black dog was one of the devil 's traditional earthly disguises . |
| 4 | ‘ She met some guy in there that day , some guy she used to go with , and he must 've said something because the next thing anyone knew , she was screaming at him , Pete was in the bar the morning after , he said the window was all over the floor , apparently she 'd thrown an ashtray at the guy and it had missed and taken the whole window out instead , and when he took her by the arm and tried to calm her down , she shook him off and ran out of the bar , right out in the street , and like I said , it was the bottom of a hill and there was a truck coming — ‘ |
| 5 | He took her by the shoulders and his face was very close to hers . |
| 6 | He tapped her on the shoulder-Excuse me — and when she turned he took her by the wrist and round the waist , holding her close , whisking her on to the floor . |
| 7 | Alina was holding onto the door , because the six steps that she 'd taken to reach it had almost been enough to exhaust her ; Belov dusted off his hands and came over to her now , and he took her by the shoulders and turned her around and steered her back toward the bed that she 'd just left . |
| 8 | A deeper pink suffused his face , colouring the skin between the freckles of pale orange that the tropical sun had cast there , and he took her by the wrists and said , in English , ‘ Maybe , we 'll see , maybe one day . ’ |
| 9 | He took her by the shoulders and pulled her back against him sharply . |
| 10 | He took her by the shoulders — ‘ You and you , all the time you . ’ |
| 11 | He took her by the shoulders and kissed her instead , a real kiss with his tongue and his teeth and a strong aftertaste of brandy . |
| 12 | He took her by the arm then and Robyn found herself half running , half stumbling behind . |
| 13 | He took her by the arm , in a grip that was firm and inescapable , and Robyn felt the sudden shock of awareness , as the undeniable strength of his body pressed close for a moment against her own . |
| 14 | He took her by the shoulders suddenly , his expression so fierce that Robyn gasped . |
| 15 | He took her by the shoulders and shook her . |
| 16 | He took her by the shoulders , his eyes urgent . |
| 17 | He took her by the elbows , his frown mock-severe . |
| 18 | He took me by the wrist , and held me hard , |
| 19 | He took me by the hand |