Example sentences of "[verb] an [noun sg] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mo is the type of character who needs an arm around his shoulder from time to time and a wee pat on the back to keep him going . |
| 2 | Callum asked , smiling , immediately winding an arm around her waist . |
| 3 | He hooked an arm around Molassi 's spitting , jerking body and pulled him off . |
| 4 | The policy , which aimed to reserve 27 per cent of public-sector jobs for members of the lower castes , provoked caste-based violence across northern India ( although it received a large measure of support in the predominantly low-caste south ) and provided an issue around which Singh 's opponents within the Janata Dal could coalesce . |
| 5 | Danny felt a wave of admiration for his friend and affectionately put an arm around his shoulders . |
| 6 | But a home-grown industry to supply , spin off from , create an infrastructure around the big incomers has largely failed to develop . |
| 7 | Under such circumstances it was programmed to select an orbit around the largest near planetary mass , emitting a distress signal until it was recovered . |
| 8 | Mrs Lennox threw an arm around Maggie and drew her into the kitchen . |
| 9 | She saw him stop and slide an arm around Stark 's waist , carrying his companion towards the front door , both of them leaving a trail of blood behind . |
| 10 | A silence fell on the room , and its increasing heaviness made her heave herself up from the couch and take the three steps to throw herself on to the seat beside him ; and to put an arm around his shoulder and say , ‘ Come on , lad , come on . |
| 11 | She wanted to put an arm around her and steer her away . |
| 12 | And , to mix a metaphor , France 's lame ducks may have become an albatross around his neck . |
| 13 | Stair thrust an arm around him , laid his head on Neil 's shoulder , and said , ‘ Let me treat you to a good ‘ un at Rachel 's , Neil , ’ which completed the destruction of any desire Neil might have had to treat himself . |
| 14 | Isabel saw his face go taut an instant before he whipped an arm around her and dived for the floor , taking her down with him . |
| 15 | She shivered , and Adam draped an arm around her shoulders . |
| 16 | He slung an arm around her shoulders and grinned at Jake . |
| 17 | She allowed him to lead her back to the living-room , her defences momentarily lapsed so that when he paused on the threshold to slide an arm around her waist and draw her into his embrace she was too shocked to remonstrate . |
| 18 | She laid an arm around her mother 's shoulders . |
| 19 | Marc looped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her to a more comfortable position beneath him . |
| 20 | Sam placed an arm around his shoulder , and spoke in a soothing voice . |
| 21 | As the Renault set off down the drive , Vitor placed an arm around Ashley 's shoulders . |
| 22 | Once he had reached his side he placed an arm around Tommy 's shoulder . |
| 23 | Investment in soccer offered a sense of self-importance and pride at running an organization around which so much local interest was centred ; the club made you ‘ someone ’ in the town , a big fish in a small pool . |
| 24 | In the meantime , the King gathered an army around himself at Shrewsbury and then headed for Oxford . |
| 25 | Roirbak put an arm around Tammuz 's shoulder . |
| 26 | It was pique ; poor Gloria , and with the help of the bloody Marys , Violet put an arm around her friend . |
| 27 | Nathan put an arm around her . |
| 28 | Jean-Paul put an arm around his shoulders . |
| 29 | He put an arm around her then and drew her close . |
| 30 | The Doctor put an arm around her shoulder . |