Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] her by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alina was holding onto the door , because the six steps that she 'd taken to reach it had almost been enough to exhaust her ; Belov dusted off his hands and came over to her now , and he took her by the shoulders and turned her around and steered her back toward the bed that she 'd just left . |
| 2 | A deeper pink suffused his face , colouring the skin between the freckles of pale orange that the tropical sun had cast there , and he took her by the wrists and said , in English , ‘ Maybe , we 'll see , maybe one day . ’ |
| 3 | His intense irritation with his distant superiors transferred itself with an illogical rush to the silent girl , and he caught her by the arm . |
| 4 | Pascoe 's colour rose and he shocked her by the vehemence of his refusal . |
| 5 | She tried to embrace him , but he seized her by the arms and shook her till her teeth chattered . |
| 6 | She would have run past him , but he caught her by the elbow . |
| 7 | He paused when he saw her by the iron railings that separated mown lawn from pasture . |
| 8 | ‘ She met some guy in there that day , some guy she used to go with , and he must 've said something because the next thing anyone knew , she was screaming at him , Pete was in the bar the morning after , he said the window was all over the floor , apparently she 'd thrown an ashtray at the guy and it had missed and taken the whole window out instead , and when he took her by the arm and tried to calm her down , she shook him off and ran out of the bar , right out in the street , and like I said , it was the bottom of a hill and there was a truck coming — ‘ |
| 9 | Xanthe stiffened by his side , when he plucked her by the sleeve and nodded to the meter , ‘ Look at that . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Remember one thing ! ’ he said angrily , only just controlling himself as he held her by the shoulders . |
| 11 | She cried out as he caught her by the shoulders . |