Example sentences of "arm [conj] [vb past] he [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | McGowan took Jed by the arm and led him over to the cardboard box . |
| 3 | She took him by the arm and led him unresistingly into the house . |
| 4 | Athelstan rose , grabbed Cranston by the arm and hustled him out of the room , closing the door behind him . |
| 5 | ‘ Only yesterday the Trunchbull caught a boy called Julius Rottwinkle eating Liquorice Allsorts during the scripture lesson and she simply picked him up by one arm and flung him clear out of the open classroom window . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He grasped the coroner 's arm and swung him round , keeping an eye on the hospitaller now standing behind them . |
| 8 | He grabbed Rohmer by the arm and swung him around so that he was forced to look him in the face . |
| 9 | Jimmy grabbed at Cardiff 's arm and pulled him away . |
| 10 | Cranston grabbed Athelstan 's arm and pulled him back . |
| 11 | Jed grabbed Gorelli by the upper arm and spun him on to the balcony . |
| 12 | A hard light in her eyes , she drew back her arm and hit him as hard as she could across the face . |