Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Love reaching out to him took him by the heart and wrung him . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He led her by the hand into his mother 's kitchen . |
| 5 | He was pulling him , trying to get him off me — he threw him — he just threw him at the bed — I knew he was all right , he were screaming but I could n't — they were both screaming , Cathy and Gary both , and he got me by the throat . |
| 6 | But when his father 's will revealed that his marriage to Venetia might mean his losing £10,000 a year ( approximately £400,000 today ) he defeated it by the simple but ruthless stratagem of getting Venetia converted to the faith which he had himself rejected in everything except name . |
| 7 | He holds you by the voice of his demands , |
| 8 | He drew her by the wrist off the bed , and went back into his own chamber . |
| 9 | He caught him by the shirt . |
| 10 | His intense irritation with his distant superiors transferred itself with an illogical rush to the silent girl , and he caught her by the arm . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She would have run past him , but he caught her by the elbow . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She cried out as he caught her by the shoulders . |
| 15 | He grasped me by the shoulder . |
| 16 | He grasped her by the shoulders , his fingers biting in , through the thinness of her top . |
| 17 | If they do so he grabs them by the neck and hauls them back to the fold . |
| 18 | Or perhaps it could be the heart-stopping finale where they finally , sorry , break the ice , and after a quick peckeroo execute the near impossible Pamchenko manoeuvre ( basically he grabs her by the feet and spins her in increasing circles , and she prays he does n't let go ) . |
| 19 | Or he grabs him by the hair , drags back the head , makes the first deep cut . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | And he shook me by the throat |
| 22 | He smelt of good-quality eau de toilette , his grasp firm as he shook them by the hand and strode ahead , waving the nanny and his young son towards the sitting-room . |
| 23 | HAMLET , with his doublet all unbraced , no hat upon his head , his stockings fouled , ungartered and down-gyred to his ankle , pale as his shirt , his knees knocking each other … and with a look so piteous , he takes her by the wrist and holds her hard , then he goes to the length of his arm , and with his other hand over his brow , falls to such perusal of her face as he would draw it … |
| 24 | He pulled her by the hand through the crowded kitchen and hall and over the bodies on the stairs . |
| 25 | Sightless , seeing all , he placed them by the bones of his brother . |
| 26 | He called it by the splendid portmanteau name Geheimschriifmachine — ‘ secret-writing machine ’ . |
| 27 | Finally he grabbed him by the collar , and with a spasmodic effort tipped him off the wharf into the canal . |
| 28 | He grabbed me by the throat and began throttling me , all the while demanding her address . |
| 29 | Welford said : ‘ He grabbed me by the lapels and cuffed me across the face , but I shielded myself from the rest of his blows . ’ |
| 30 | He grabbed me by the arm . |