Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] her arm " in BNC.
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| 1 | At around one year , she 'll hold out her foot or raise her arms when you ask . |
| 2 | She had not removed his hand from her arm , or let her arm fall to make his hand fall too ; so he moved his hand to cover hers . |
| 3 | Sarah watched her go and wiped her arm across her brow . |
| 4 | Pascoe put out a hand to touch the place and she shied away , so he drew her in , pulling against her resistance and binding her arms with his . |
| 5 | ‘ Listen , freak , that DK had more bottle than Express Dairies and if you — ’ Ace stopped and lowered her arm . |
| 6 | She pushes her hair back , squeezing out the water , takes her t-shirt and rubs her arms , her shoulders , then pulls it over her head , great dark patches spreading on the blue cotton . |
| 7 | She put her hands on the side and straightened her arms and held herself there . |
| 8 | When the letter arrived telling her that she had been accepted to read History of Art , she shouted ‘ Hooray ! ’ and flung her arms around her brother , then burst into uncontrollable tears of relief . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , Mildred 's kindly gesture only served to make matters worse , instead of better , for the girl burst into deafening sobs and flung her arms round Mildred 's waist . |
| 10 | ‘ There you are , ’ she said , and flung her arms wide . |
| 11 | She crossed the room and flung her arms about him . |
| 12 | A hand reached past the man and caught her arm , pulling her away from the wall , away from the sickening touch of those fingers on her skin . |
| 13 | He bade her remove her shirt , and moved her arm around , while occasionally and at random she remarked ‘ Ouch ’ . |
| 14 | 3 The defender moves back and places her arms in a cocked position . |
| 15 | She began to march towards the door , but Theda ran after her and grasped her arm . |
| 16 | But Jeanie would just turn away , hunch her shoulder and hook her arm , covering the page . |
| 17 | With a smooth swoop , he caught hold of both her hands and drew her arms up above her head , holding them on the pillows behind her , sliding his free hand beneath her hips , lifting her with one strong , determined movement to meet the invading male power of his body . |
| 18 | Ruth shook her head and hooked her arm behind her neck . |
| 19 | He laid a fast hand on the woman 's wrist and twisted her arm . |
| 20 | Thrusting his hands from her shoulders and threading her arm round his waist , she urged him on . |
| 21 | Susan closed her eyes , and imagined her arm as it had once been . |
| 22 | She said and Bobby says she do n't he said I was laying on the floor the other night and she came down beside with me and put her arm round me as we were laying there he said I 'll never do anything he said cos if you started playing about with her she 'll , you know childlike and and he said she would n't erm show her affection any more . |
| 23 | I go around to her front and hold her arms to her side . |
| 24 | Daniel approached her from behind and unwound her arms and substituted his own . |
| 25 | Once , as she was heading towards the gate ( thus walking in the direction opposite to that which Agnes was to take somewhat later , followed by the gaze of her unfortunate schoolfriend ) , the secretary turned , smiled and lifted her arm out in the air in an unexpected gesture , easy and flowing . |
| 26 | She pushed away from the bar and linked her arm through Mitch 's . |
| 27 | She rushed to Sarah and threw her arms round her . |
| 28 | As the last one slowly disappeared into her overstuffed purse , so she crossed her legs to retain them inside her and threw her arms above her head to shout . |
| 29 | She rushed up and threw her arms around her in a totally uncharacteristic gesture of affection , and felt all the stress of Piers Morrison lift from her shoulders as they began chatting animatedly about everything under the sun , catching up on old news . |
| 30 | Suddenly a passing girl suddenly swerved towards him and threw her arms round his waist . |