Example sentences of "his arm [conj] [vb past] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Liban who , walking lightly over , took his arm and lifted him . |
| 2 | So I took his arm and made him sit down again , and I said , I 'm going to tell you a fairy story . |
| 3 | Carefully he tried again but Cameron took his arm and told him not to hurry unduly , the joists had only been pinned in place and they were still waiting for the long nails from Grandtully . |
| 4 | He was about to join his companions on the balcony when someone whom he could not see touched his arm and told him he was needed somewhere else . |
| 5 | Hard fingers encircled his arm and haled him out of the room , and he went like one in a dream , unable to resist but ready for some treacherous pitfall to open under his feet at every step . |
| 6 | The man caught his arm and steadied him . |
| 7 | She saw that the Dane was on the point of following him , so she hurriedly caught his arm and guided him into the laundry house . |
| 8 | Rohan took his arm and guided him to a sofa . |
| 9 | Throughout the day the old woman bathed his arm and gave him cooling drinks that tasted , so it seemed in his fever , of wild water-mint , and thymy hillsides , and red rust . |
| 10 | Maisie grabbed his arm and steered him towards the next gallery . |
| 11 | He moved towards the door with his head down but Haverford laid an ancient mariner 's hand on his arm and detained him . |