Example sentences of "arm [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a few instants later , she needed no other support than the strong arms that seized her and gathered her to a broad chest , the lips in her hair uttering the words that sent the blood rushing through her veins . |
| 2 | He could hardly stand , he had to cling to one of the arms that helped him up . |
| 3 | But she could not disregard the friendly warmth of his arms that held her safe from herself until , impossibly , she fell asleep . |
| 4 | She drank in the clean masculine smell of him , revelling in the power of the arms that held her so tightly , the tenderness of the hands that caressed her heated skin . |
| 5 | Urgent now , she pressed again the strong body , thrilling to the arms that held her clamped there . |
| 6 | When Daniel saw his wife coming towards the cubicle to offer comfort where he could n't he flailed his arms and drove her away , leaving Mrs Marriott to cry on , not even telling himself it was good for her to cry , since how could he know , how could he imagine ? |
| 7 | He held her close in his arms and wiped her face gently with his handkerchief , and she became calm . |
| 8 | If he 'd picked her up and laid her on the bed and taken her with all the passion and strength his virile body was promising her at that moment , she would n't have raised a finger to stop him , so when he swung her around in his arms and deposited her nearer to the bathroom door before removing his arms from her she was left gasping with surprise and a sinking feeling of disappointment mixed with humiliation which shook her with its intensity . |
| 9 | Adam picked her up in his arms and laid her on her desk : reports slithered off it and the Cartier clock crashed to the floor . |
| 10 | Matilda leapt into Miss Honey 's arms and hugged her , and Miss Honey hugged her back , and then the mother and father and brother were inside the car and the car was pulling away with the tyres screaming . |
| 11 | He took her in his arms and hugged her , breathless . |
| 12 | She had thrown herself into his arms and hugged him as if she were still a schoolgirl . |
| 13 | She went obediently into his arms and lifted her face to his . |
| 14 | As he saw her , he stretched out his arms and lifted her up before she had had time to reach the bottom step . |
| 15 | They took her in their arms and lifted her gently so that she could feel their support along the length of her body . |
| 16 | If he had the chance he picked her up in his sturdy little arms and kissed her downy head the way he saw his father do when he thought no one was looking . |
| 17 | He took her in his arms and kissed her . |
| 18 | They stopped laughing ; then Edouard leaned forward , gathered her in his arms and kissed her . |
| 19 | She nodded and he pulled her into his arms and kissed her , then waved his finger in her face and said : ‘ And no drinking whisky ! ’ |
| 20 | That night , after she had confided in Tom and begun to cry , he had comforted her , held her in his arms and kissed her . |
| 21 | I fell to my knees , took her gently in my arms and kissed her . |
| 22 | Nick took her in his arms and kissed her but , when his lips parted and she could taste his mouth , she drew back . |
| 23 | He was standing by the bushes near to where the gates had once been , and he took her in his arms and kissed her passionately . |
| 24 | He came through the door , and he was laughing , he took Rosalba in his arms and kissed her and they went down on to the sheepskin with soft cooing giggles and sucked and licked and flowed together in the nest like a mother cat and her kittens . |
| 25 | For five whole minutes he held her in his arms and kissed her again and again . |
| 26 | Roman pulled Claudia into his arms and kissed her deeply , taking her by surprise . |
| 27 | To a slow hand-clap , he slowly removed his mask and then hers , took her gently in his arms and kissed her tenderly . |
| 28 | When he broke off in the middle of the sentence , she glanced up at him curiously and was completely taken by surprise when he pulled her into his arms and kissed her . |
| 29 | Had not Sophia been standing on the front steps of the vicarage calling Faustina in , he would have taken Penelope in his arms and kissed her . |
| 30 | Without conscious intention , I took her in my arms and kissed her . |