Example sentences of "me by [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | My geraniums ( pelargoniums if you must ) are making a brave show at last in spite of one or two early frosts , and I am delighted that a tiny sprig of gentian given me by a neighbour has four vivid blue flowers . |
| 32 | He took me by the wrist , and held me hard , |
| 33 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 34 | One of the most respected of our club members , on our committee of management , Pavel Pavlovich Gaganov , an elderly man ad highly esteemed , had formed the innocent habit of following anything he had to say with the vehement addition , ‘ No , sir , you ca n't lead me by the nose ! ’ |
| 35 | I and my new friend then went to Ku where he took another 15,000 pesetas off me — the price had gone up , he said — and he parked me by the dance-floor and said he 'd be back in five minutes . |
| 36 | For a moment I thought he had come across the bottle of wine given to me by the couple at Benouville bridge café . |
| 37 | Then , picking up a rifle that had been give to me by the French Commandos , I joined the others , lining up in the darkness at the edge of the wood preparing to move off . |
| 38 | Before waiting for an answer she takes me by the hand and leads me on to the dance floor . |
| 39 | He grabbed me by the throat and began throttling me , all the while demanding her address . |
| 40 | I want to get summat else to play with and I try and get up , but Peter holds me by the arm . |
| 41 | Harriet plucks me by the sleeve and whispers , ‘ Mummy , what will Tracey 's Gran do now she 's dead , if she wants to go to the loo ? ’ |
| 42 | ‘ God bless you ! ’ she said with feeling , and shook me by the hand . |
| 43 | The driver grabbed me by the shoulder and asked for my fare . |
| 44 | I could do what was expected of me by the crowd , or I could do what he trusted me to do . |
| 45 | The new book was to be handed to me by the minister , the Revd Dr Adam Burnet , only after we had signed the register — no self-respecting hotel would have accepted us with different names . |
| 46 | I woke up when someone shook me by the shoulder . |
| 47 | I was arrested for riding a bicycle without a rear light ; I woke as an enraged policeman took me by the throat . |
| 48 | Owen was keen to show me his new electric racing car set and let me by the arm to his room . |
| 49 | Suddenly , as we were boarding , he tugged me by the sleeve and said quietly : ‘ You 'd better pull your socks up , or you 'll be playing for your place . ’ |
| 50 | His invincible capacity for making friends soon prevailed , however , and , as he explained to Southey , ‘ they all except the Parson shook me by the hand , and said I was an open hearted honest-speaking Fellow , tho' I was a bit of a Democrat ’ . |
| 51 | It was brought home to me by the death of a friend 's dog last week . |
| 52 | The figure was mentioned to me by the manager of a gay bar who was justifying the role of the establishment , but added , ‘ some of them are not angels you know . |
| 53 | The amount of serum given had to balance with the amount given me by the Pharmacist from the records she kept of that given to Ward Sisters for use on the wards . |
| 54 | Their response never ceases to amaze me , as does the accolade accorded to me by the fans . |
| 55 | She 's got me by the jeans — the hand 's scabby — she 's got some skin disease . |
| 56 | What occurred after I left was related to me by the men of the village , when I paid the district a second visit some months later . |
| 57 | Jerry and Anna stood watching the swaying elephants in complete fascination , and Sam took me by the hand across to the cage of a huge lion . |
| 58 | It came to me as a gift , a little black-faced lamb sent to me by the Batesons who were farming Briscoe at the time . |
| 59 | ‘ Then , late in the game , Ray Wilkins grabbed me by the shirt and threw me to the ground with a judo throw . |
| 60 | Ellen said in a tone which implied that I had entirely misunderstood the senator 's motives , which she would now have to explain to me by the application of sound feminist arguments . |