Example sentences of "arms hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | But my arms round you , your arms holding me , and the shivering stops and welds us still and close and still closer . |
| 2 | Stand upright , with your arms holding the dumb-bells by your sides and your palms facing inwards . |
| 3 | I thought the great central arch of two tree trunks looked like our Blessed Lord 's arms holding up the whole Church . |
| 4 | Standing in the pub doorway out of the wind striking her third match , the goddess of beer depicted in glowing-coloured tiles on either side of her , massive arms holding up sheaves of grain . |
| 5 | I turned away , I remember , so that Enid should not see my face , and thought of his arms holding me , and his hands in my hair and his mouth … oh , such a melting , a melting in my stomach . |
| 6 | Polly swallowed , her mouth suddenly dry at the thought of those bronzed and powerful arms holding her close against his lean , hard-muscled body as , with a warning glare , he kept those who would come between them at bay . |
| 7 | For a second or two she felt the protection of a man 's arms holding her securely and then she had crashed on top of him and was lying spread-eagled on a rock-hard body , deceptively concealed beneath soft fabric . |
| 8 | He was in jeans and a white shirt open at the neck , the sleeves rolled up over powerful brown arms , and Jenna experienced an unexpected shiver as she remembered those arms holding her yesterday . |
| 9 | She leant lower over the bed , to give her words extra emphasis , but Ace took immediate and unfair advantage of her low centre of gravity , and pulled her down on to him , his two arms holding her firmly pressed against his full length . |
| 10 | Or was it ? she wondered , her memory reaching out to the feel of Silas 's arms holding her against him , and to his lips resting upon her own . |
| 11 | One of the arms holding it was getting tired . |
| 12 | Surely any minute she would wake up and find Marc lying beside her , his arms holding her in the loving way of barely twelve hours ago ? |
| 13 | Only his strong arms holding her tight against him saved her from falling , her bones turning to liquid within her as his lips nuzzled relentlessly towards her ear . |
| 14 | How happy she would be now , if she could turn her head and see him there , and reach out her arms to hold on to him and pull him close . |
| 15 | Johnny was stroking her back , and as she moved slightly , he slid his hands round under her arms to hold her breasts . |
| 16 | It deadened his days and brought him upright in the night , running with sweat and fear , his arms held out clutching the gun with which he had just shot his mother . |
| 17 | A woman was driving , her straight , dark hair streaming like a banner , her skirt hiked up over lean thighs , her arms held straight from shoulder to wheel . |
| 18 | When they saw Frick , whom they had been told to expect , the Sturmabteilungen snapped to attention , their arms held out in the traditional Nazi salute . |
| 19 | All faces turned to Lucenzo , who stood on a chair , his arms held out in a command for silence . |
| 20 | Her arms held out to her sides , she stared at her wet and muddy palms . |
| 21 | His arms held her tightly but Maggie felt the cold wave of reality and shivered . |
| 22 | His arms held her closely , guiding her to the rhythm of the music . |
| 23 | He seemed to hang suspended above the worshippers , his two tiny arms held out in front of him , and he was as still and quiet and calm as he had been when sitting at the Wilsons ' table or resting , alone , at the back of Class 1 . |
| 24 | His arms held her tightly to him as if never wanting to let go . |
| 25 | His arms held , though now she had wedged her hands in between her breasts and the hard wall of his chest and was pushing away from him with all her might . |
| 26 | Only his grip on her arms held her upright . |
| 27 | It contains tens of thousands of blazons of arms held ( or recorded as held ) by English families , listed alphabetically by name . |
| 28 | For this , he was completely undressed — which makes his body itch to the point of agony — and placed in a UV cabinet , his arms held above his head to stop him scratching . |
| 29 | She sat bent over with her arms held under her womb , supporting the weight of it a little . |
| 30 | I can still picture him standing in the centre circle wth both arms held above his head with a grin from East stand to west stand ! |