Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] by [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two assassins , a curious look in their eyes , stared back and did not resist even when my master shook them vigorously by the hand . |
| 2 | ‘ I am surprised , too , ’ Holmes said , as he shook me warmly by the hand . |
| 3 | He bought them literally by the armful , and read as many as three in a day , picked up at random from the piles he had brought home ; yet afterwards he could tell of what he had read , so beautifully , according to Reid , that the book itself would be a disappointment by comparison . |
| 4 | It is far tougher to dive at the legs of an oncoming player than to haul them down by the neck or straight-arm tackle them as they run past you . |
| 5 | That tray had just been prepared for me personally by the cook ! |
| 6 | They followed , Adam first , and Fand led them along by the stream . |
| 7 | At Cambridge , NUPE put a picket around the Union building where I was taking part in a debate and the police wanted to take me in by a side entrance . |
| 8 | She shakes me gently by the hand and announces quietly , ‘ I 've just got out of the bath . ’ |
| 9 | A murdering Fascist , ’ I cried and Richard took me gently by the shoulders and pushed me towards the door . |
| 10 | The queen smiled and tweaked me gently by the cheek . |
| 11 | Ye need somebody tae speak for ye , tae take ye in by the hand . ’ |
| 12 | Dexter counted them off by the hand of his watch . |
| 13 | And then when you 're finished he pulls you in by the string . |
| 14 | I 'm just wait top gear , you can go to ca n't you just by the side of Worcester |
| 15 | I am with you today by a miracle , you who represent international opinion , you who work tirelessly for justice for all and for fraternal solidarity amongst all human beings . |
| 16 | They 're looking after you well by the look of it |
| 17 | I held you firmly by the hand , |
| 18 | Wonderful , well I 'm sure Ivan should be pretty keen … great , super , I 'll get back to you certainly by the end of the week . |
| 19 | To dry beans , leave the mature pods on the plants as long as possible , then pull them up by the roots and hang them in the sun to complete drying . |
| 20 | Zborowski did have a buyer for the drawings in Lucien Descaves , the brother of the Police Commissioner who bought them up by the batch . |
| 21 | Then she bent , casually , unhurriedly , and removed her boots , placed them carefully by the door and straightened up . |
| 22 | They 're erm , I erm , said goodbye come and pick me up by the school . |
| 23 | He yanks me up by the hair . |
| 24 | my dad this morning he woke me up by pulling me up by the hair , bashing my face into the pillow a couple of times , I just looked at , then go , and I looked at him |
| 25 | But when I started walking across the table to the farmer , his youngest son , a boy of about ten , picked me up by the legs . |
| 26 | This brought the chucker-out to see what the commotion was about , but luckily he could n't tell what row it had come from because the old woman snatched me up by the hem of my frock and sat me on the seat . |
| 27 | Scamp turned to reach down into one of the boxes of groceries that were scattered over the floor but I did n't see what he was after as Nevil was lifting me up by the shoulders . |
| 28 | Are we not by the use of the methods of non-cooperation and civil disobedience , forcing a government to act contrary to its wishes ? |
| 29 | mother took me back by the hair |
| 30 | I 've worked out that a rent of tenpence a week on each log cabin , or sixpence for each bunk in a dormitory , will just pay me back by the end of this contract . |