Example sentences of "[v-ing] him by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Farrar s sentimentality may be excessive but we may envy his freedom to recognize and express childhood affection as well as childhood aggression ( ‘ I 'll kill you for that , ’ said Barker , leaping at Eric , and seizing him by the hair' ( ibid . |
| 2 | ‘ Hugh , ’ she whispered , grasping him by the arm , ‘ you have returned at last ! ’ |
| 3 | Jean was pulling him by the hand towards the dance . |
| 4 | All the while the cameraman is walking backwards the assistant cameraman walks behind him , holding him by the waist and steering him round children 's bicycles and feed-troughs . |
| 5 | Duvall was still holding him by the throat . |
| 6 | ‘ Do you know this face ? ’ said Isambard , turning Harry about in his hands to display him to them all , and taking him by the chin to jerk up his face to the light when he turned it haughtily aside . |
| 7 | Graham started to smile , though he thought the joke itself might be in rather poor taste , but then he was aware of Sara turning quickly , putting her glass on the mantelpiece and looking straight at him , coming closer , her face set in strange hard lines , eyes bright , taking him by the elbow and turning her head as if to emphasise that she was talking to Graham , ignoring Slater , saying , " You do dance , do n't you ? " |
| 8 | ‘ Follow me and no harm will come to thy sheep ’ , the Emperor replied , and taking him by the hand led him into a cave in the side of the mountain . |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't talk rot , ’ said Meredith and , taking him by the arm , frog-marched him along the corridor . |
| 10 | He felt as if Simon were lifting him by the collar and dangling him so that his feet were off the earth and his toes straining to reach something . |
| 11 | Someone was shaking him by the shoulder as the band played ‘ God Save the King ’ and everyone else in the cinema stood to attention . |
| 12 | Duvall was shaking him by the sleeve , bringing him back . |
| 13 | Ward 's left hand shot out , grabbing him by the arm and dragging him past me . |
| 14 | He turned to Cranston , grabbing him by the arm . |
| 15 | ‘ Inside ! ’ said Jessica , grabbing him by the hand . |