Example sentences of "he [verb] him by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Love reaching out to him took him by the heart and wrung him . |
| 2 | He caught him by the shirt . |
| 3 | Or he grabs him by the hair , drags back the head , makes the first deep cut . |
| 4 | Finally he grabbed him by the collar , and with a spasmodic effort tipped him off the wharf into the canal . |
| 5 | When Gebrec approached , he took him by the arm and murmured something which Melissa took to be a mild reproof . |
| 6 | To Finlayson 's surprise , he took him by the elbow and steered him , quite gently , to the door . |
| 7 | He seized him by the waist and threw him bodily over the balustrade . |