Example sentences of "by the [noun] [conj] [vb past] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then , late in the game , Ray Wilkins grabbed me by the shirt and threw me to the ground with a judo throw . |
| 2 | I know my father would raise a terrific stink if I told him the Headmistress had grabbed me by the hair and slung me over the playground fence . ’ |
| 3 | The soldier seized me by the hair and pushed me across the garden . |
| 4 | I began to tremble violently and would have fainted , had he not grabbed me by the elbow and guided me to a low wall , where I slumped down . |
| 5 | BELVILLE : By the God that made me , I 'll do you no harm . |
| 6 | Welford said : ‘ He grabbed me by the lapels and cuffed me across the face , but I shielded myself from the rest of his blows . ’ |
| 7 | Then the old lady took me firmly by the arm and led me into the bathroom . |
| 8 | I could have sat and stared all evening but Benjamin suddenly realised the drift of my eyes as well as my lechery and , at the appropriate time , seized me by the arm and hustled me from the hall . |
| 9 | My master seized me by the arm and pulled me over . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 11 | He was looking at me as if he really hated me ; he seized me by the shoulders and pushed me over to the bathroom mirror . |
| 12 | A murdering Fascist , ’ I cried and Richard took me gently by the shoulders and pushed me towards the door . |