Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] by the " in BNC.
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1 | A hand reached in and grabbed him by the hair . |
2 | A hand reached in and grabbed him by the hair . |
3 | They 've knocked it , flattened it down and rebuilt it by the looks of it . |
4 | Andy yelled , throwing the keys down and grabbing me by the collar and slamming me back against the side of the Landie . |
5 | I stride over and take her by the shoulders in the same way I held Darius . |
6 | The Doctor jumped up and took her by the hand . |
7 | He came running out and took me by the sleeve in the darkness . |
8 | I pulled Armstrong in behind his car , got out and joined him by the gate . |
9 | Abuelo Freitas reached out and shook her by the hand . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | She gasped as Nicolo reached out and caught her by the shoulders . |
12 | ‘ Adam ! ’ she screamed , reached out and caught him by the sleeve . |
13 | In the city one morning , as he turned the corner of the street into the shade of the acacias on the main boulevard , a woman ran out and plucked him by the sleeve , pulled him into a doorway and snatched his hand to kiss it . |
14 | A few minutes later she hurried back and took him by the hand . |