Example sentences of "put [pos pn] arm around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Liberty put her arm around the Sandrat . |
| 2 | Grown-ups have things to do , you know , an' they ca n't always explain them … well — ' She put her arm around the narrow shoulders and pulled the child into her side , and when again the arm came around her waist and the head was pressed between her breasts there arose in her that pain that was both an ache and a pleasure : a pleasure that had no future that she could see ; a pleasure that she had been deprived of all during her womanhood . |
| 3 | Meredith put her arm around the young girl 's shoulders sympathetically . |
| 4 | This was originally used as a sales technique — you shook hands or put your arm around a relation or friend — the idea was to develop this — the salesperson put his/her arm around the buyer and thereby instilled a sense of security into the individual . |
| 5 | He first caused outrage last February when he put his arm around the Queen 's waist during a Royal visit . |
| 6 | Danny laughed , and put his arm around the beautiful young woman standing by his side . |
| 7 | Lorre put his arm around the bush , soothing it as if it were a favourite niece in whose person he took an unhealthy interest . |