Example sentences of "arm [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Georgina took him in her arms and kissed him on the lips . |
| 2 | He stood there like an idiot as she clasped him by the arms and kissed him on the cheek . |
| 3 | She arched against him , unable to control the flames of desire leaping within her , then a gasp escaped her as he swept her into his arms and carried her to the double bed in her aunt 's room . |
| 4 | He swung her up into his arms and carried her over the threshold into the shadowy interior and beyond to the shuttered darkness of the bedroom . |
| 5 | Lifting her bodily from it , he scooped her up into his arms and carried her into the cottage . |
| 6 | ‘ I gathered it up , ’ he was to say , ‘ I actually scooped up the evil hungering thing in my arms and carried it into the house and laid it down by the fire . ’ |
| 7 | It was to have been the IRA 's biggest gun-running plot ever , but it was foiled because of what was called ‘ Operation Leprechaun ’ , where the CIA , our MI5 and Irish Intelligence took a healthy — or unhealthy , it all depends on your point of view — interest in the activities of Noraid , an Irish-American group that specialized — for all I know it may still be specializing — in buying American arms and shipping them to the IRA in Ireland . |
| 8 | He bent his head and kissed her , his mouth urgent and seeking , before swinging her up into his arms and carrying her through the curtains . |
| 9 | ‘ Starting right now , this minute … ’ he murmured softly , brushing her lips delicately with his mouth , before quickly sweeping her lightly gowned figure up in his arms and carrying her towards the door . |
| 10 | He swore softly , colourfully , his face like granite as he swept a gaze round the room before lifting her into his arms and carrying her from the house . |
| 11 | Luke scooped the fish up from Carey 's arms and threw it into the shallows . |
| 12 | What does it matter ? she thought , as Luke scooped her into his arms and moved her round the room . |
| 13 | Maggie scraped the radiant atoms off Hermione 's arms and juggled them in the air , but she was giggling too much and kept missing the rhythm . |
| 14 | She would n't help him ; he was weak and unsteady , but she would n't take his arm or guide him to the bed . |
| 15 | He was about to take her arm and help her into the culvert but she neither needed nor wanted his help . |
| 16 | He took the Englishman by the arm and ushered him toward the easy chairs arranged around a long rectangular coffee table . |
| 17 | a ) Disconnect the ribber carriage from the connecting arm and pass it across the ribber bed ( all the ribber stitches drop off ) . |
| 18 | When Jean-Claude emerged from the hide-out , he held out his arm and dragged me into the dark cave . |
| 19 | Lucenzo swept over to her , caught her arm and dragged her to the entrance of the ballroom . |
| 20 | When the boy gave no answer , the old man took him by the arm and propelled him to the far end of the room , down the narrow stairway , through the tiny door and back to the safety of his own bedroom . |
| 21 | Melissa took her by the arm and piloted her through the booking hall . |
| 22 | ‘ Take one of the strips of plaster from my arm and put it over the girl here 's mouth . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've got plenty of cash — and charge cards , too , if it comes to that , ’ he added , firmly grasping her arm and marching her into the large department store . |
| 24 | Allen took her by the arm and led her to the nearest stone shelter . |
| 25 | He took her arm and led her to the dining room , where the gleaming long rectangular table had been impeccably set for two . |
| 26 | He smiled at her , took her arm and led her to the window . |
| 27 | He smiled again , fleetingly , and her pulse gave another blip as he took her arm and led her through the entrance . |
| 28 | He saw her state at once and without another word took her arm and led her into the little sitting room . |
| 29 | As he took his hostess 's arm and led her into the dining-room , he did not glance again at Madeleine . |
| 30 | After the caretaker had unlocked the big front door and disappeared down the drive , Harry took Madeleine 's arm and led her into the drawing-room . |