Example sentences of "his arm [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she could not disregard the friendly warmth of his arms that held her safe from herself until , impossibly , she fell asleep . |
| 2 | He stretched out his arms but had no room to manoeuvre . |
| 3 | He lifted her into his arms and straightened swiftly . |
| 4 | ‘ We are ! ’ repeated Mr Rochester , taking me in his arms and kissing me . |
| 5 | Please do n't … ’ he murmured , holding her tightly in his arms and kissing away her tears . |
| 6 | Desire kindled in Riven like a coal , and he remembered times when he had held that body 's twin in his arms and searched out all its secrets . |
| 7 | Ronni looked into his eyes and smiled at the compliment , inwardly shuddering as he took her in his arms and proceeded to lead her in time to the music . |
| 8 | Impulsively he reached out , to take her in his arms and draw her close . |
| 9 | He took her in his arms and kissed her . |
| 10 | They stopped laughing ; then Edouard leaned forward , gathered her in his arms and kissed her . |
| 11 | Stone stood up , swung the boy into his arms and kissed his cheek . |
| 12 | She stepped into his arms and kissed him . |
| 13 | 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 ! ’ |
| 14 | That night , after she had confided in Tom and begun to cry , he had comforted her , held her in his arms and kissed her . |
| 15 | Nick took her in his arms and kissed her but , when his lips parted and she could taste his mouth , she drew back . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | For five whole minutes he held her in his arms and kissed her again and again . |
| 19 | Roman pulled Claudia into his arms and kissed her deeply , taking her by surprise . |
| 20 | To a slow hand-clap , he slowly removed his mask and then hers , took her gently in his arms and kissed her tenderly . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He held his daughter in his arms and kissed her . |
| 24 | He took Juliet in his arms and kissed her . |
| 25 | He gathered her into his arms and kissed and her and then whispered , ‘ It would n't be the same though , would it ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Hush , honey , hush , I hate it too , ’ he murmured , enfolding her in his arms and stroking her sopping hair . |
| 27 | He lowered his arms and folded them , then stood regarding Caspar . |
| 28 | In that first heart-stopping moment when he realised that it really was her , his impulse had been to run to her , to grab her in his arms and smother her with kisses , to chide her for not waiting until he came back to make her his wife . |
| 29 | As he gathered her into his arms and pressed his mouth to hers , he had a sudden swift memory of the nights he had lain here in this bed dreaming of her . |
| 30 | IT WAS once said of Peter Shilton , by a frustrated forward who had failed to beat him in a one-on-one situation , that ‘ he just spreads his arms and fills up the whole bloody goal ’ . |