Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] her by " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found her by the side of the house with her dog , looking like a complete tramp , with a patched-up old coat and hair all over the place . |
| 2 | I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres . |
| 3 | I stepped closer and the young woman rose and made to flee but I seized her by the wrist . |
| 4 | I took her by the hand and stepped into the water . |
| 5 | I took her by both hands and I started to swing her in a circle , singing as I went , shouting the words of the song over and over again . |
| 6 | ‘ I play her by ear , love . |
| 7 | I held her by her wrists to keep her delicate fingers out of my pockets . |
| 8 | ‘ Alternatively , a woman may have low self-esteem , feeling she can only impress others or make them like her by buying status symbols or the latest fashions . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | Perhaps you pulled her by the ankles , dragging her head beneath the water ? |
| 11 | She took her by the shoulders and turned her round to face the house . |
| 12 | And her suppliant 's face , round and even in this twilight , thickly flushed in the hectic way that he had seen before , repulsed him and made him take her by the arm she had raised and move it like a detached limb back to her side . |
| 13 | It sounded very strange to hear him call her by her Christian name . |
| 14 | But as they seized her by the mantle , she shook it from her shoulders , folded two of her children in her arms and floated away through a window , never more to be seen by her husband and the two children she had left behind . |
| 15 | He pulled his hand gently from hers , and , still gentle , put his arm around her to hold her by the shoulder . |
| 16 | They dragged her by her arms as she shouted , twisting and turning in their grasp . |
| 17 | Not once so far had they mentioned her by name , almost as though from some superstition . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd take your clothes off now and prove it to you , ’ he said thickly , and his hands were shaking as they held her by the hips . |
| 19 | Slipping the bit out of Daisy 's mouth , he led her by the halter to a gap in the belt of trees which clothed the river bank . |
| 20 | He led her by the hand into his mother 's kitchen . |
| 21 | He drew her by the wrist off the bed , and went back into his own chamber . |
| 22 | Then he disappointed her by saying he was checking whether it was possible for someone to go in and out unobserved , and how crowded it would be at that time of day . |
| 23 | His intense irritation with his distant superiors transferred itself with an illogical rush to the silent girl , and he caught her by the arm . |
| 24 | He caught her by the waist , in a half rugby tackle , lifted her up , spun her around and in one fell swoop had hoisted her on to his shoulders even before she realised what was happening . |
| 25 | She would have run past him , but he caught her by the elbow . |
| 26 | His gaze swept lazily over her , making her squirm , then with one swift movement he caught her by the wrist , pulling her so abruptly towards him that she stumbled , caught off balance . |
| 27 | She cried out as he caught her by the shoulders . |
| 28 | He grasped her by the shoulders , his fingers biting in , through the thinness of her top . |
| 29 | He dismissed her by turning and wading back round the corner of the wall . |
| 30 | He wooed her by sharing with her a delicious baobab fruit . |