Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] [pron] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , as she skewered him with a look of pure detestation , he reached out suddenly and caught her by the wrists . |
| 2 | A hand reached in and grabbed him by the hair . |
| 3 | A hand reached in and grabbed him by the hair . |
| 4 | They 've knocked it , flattened it down and rebuilt it by the looks of it . |
| 5 | Andy yelled , throwing the keys down and grabbing me by the collar and slamming me back against the side of the Landie . |
| 6 | She tells me the ambulance is on its way , then she fetches Ma downstairs and sits her by the Rayburn . |
| 7 | I stride over and take her by the shoulders in the same way I held Darius . |
| 8 | The Doctor jumped up and took her by the hand . |
| 9 | He pushed his horse nearer and grasped me by the arm , his long dark face , usually solemn , wreathed in smiles . |
| 10 | He came running out and took me by the sleeve in the darkness . |
| 11 | I pulled Armstrong in behind his car , got out and joined him by the gate . |
| 12 | Abuelo Freitas reached out and shook her by the hand . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She gasped as Nicolo reached out and caught her by the shoulders . |
| 15 | ‘ Adam ! ’ she screamed , reached out and caught him by the sleeve . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Without warning he grabbed her tennis racquet — which she 'd been swinging so nonchalantly and grasping her by the scruff of the neck , pushed her roughly over the back of a chair . |
| 18 | A few minutes later she hurried back and took him by the hand . |
| 19 | I went across and grabbed her by the lapels . |
| 20 | ‘ That 's not true ! ’ she exclaimed , wanting to step forward and grab him by the arm . |
| 21 | Swiftly I bend forward and grab her by the waist . |