Example sentences of "[adv prt] an arm [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Currently , one of the rather loosely applied definitive differences between plant and animal life is that plants can be propagated in either of two ways , sexually by means of seed , which involves male and female contributions from different plants or from different parts of the same plant , or asexually ( vegetatively ) by means of cutting and layering , which is analogous to cutting off an arm or a leg and growing an entirely new individual from such a part into a whole new body . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , breaking apart like a toppling chimneystack , its body collapsed and felled another , which threw up an arm as it went down , as if thinking to save itself by grabbing hold of one of its remaining upright companions . |
| 3 | Maggie lunged out an arm and hauled the girl towards her . |
| 4 | She heard Tim give a shout and saw him stretch out an arm and point towards her , but she-had no fear of capture ; she was over halfway across the marsh . |
| 5 | He stretched out an arm and pointed to a steam vessel going north . |
| 6 | Lin Foh reached out an arm and turned Bodie to walk with him . |
| 7 | Tim thrust out an arm and shouted to Rain : ‘ Here 's the evidence if anyone wants it ! ’ |
| 8 | He stretched out an arm and placed a gnarled hand tenderly on her scarred brow ; then he turned back to me . |
| 9 | He put out an arm and dropped it as soon as it touched her , as if its contact stung him . |