Example sentences of "arm [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tears jumped into Evelyn 's eyes and she started to hurry in the direction of the girls ' barracks , ignoring the missiles which caught her on the back and arms or dropped uselessly on either side . |
| 2 | She stood up , and grew herself four waldoes , claw-and-grip-tipped mechanical arms that responded to the living nerves she wormed through the metal . |
| 3 | The door swung smoothly open , and she almost ran down the wooden steps in her white sandals , out of the magic circle of masculine arms that had almost enclosed her . |
| 4 | The attempt had been strengthened by the respect and admiration for Russian arms that had been aroused by Russian resistance on the eastern front . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | At some stage in her sleep of exhaustion she drifted close enough to the surface of consciousness to be aware of a deep voice exclaiming over her , of strong arms that lifted and carried her , but in no way could she fight her way up from the smothering blanket of physical and mental fatigue . |
| 7 | Labour 's Doug Hoyle said it had ‘ lifted the cloak of secrecy on the arms that went to Iraq ’ . |
| 8 | They took what there was to take , all the mounts that were fit to travel , all the arms that lay masterless about the field , and vanished in the dusk up-river into the mountains with their prisoners and their triumph . |
| 9 | Dimity ran the house , it appeared , and it was her slender arms that bore in the coal scuttles , the heavy shopping baskets and the laden trays , while Ella 's powerful hands designed wood blocks , mixed paint and stamped the lengths of materials which draped their little cottage . |
| 10 | He could hardly stand , he had to cling to one of the arms that helped him up . |
| 11 | Of particular interest to the reviewer were the sections of the book depicting the various foreign air arms that flew Mosquitos and the post-war civilian operators of the type , the latter illustrating numerous air racing and speed record attempts made with the Wooden Wonder . |
| 12 | But he recognised the abominably shredded and mutated head , and the bloodstained and distorted arms that ended in claws which could never have been human . |
| 13 | The brown of her sunburned arms that ended above her elbows , abruptly as gloves , the startling white of her shoulders and breast . |
| 14 | This cart had wheels , and inside it was a small thing , a body without legs , nothing more than a naked bust with arms that stopped at the wrists . |
| 15 | But she could not disregard the friendly warmth of his arms that held her safe from herself until , impossibly , she fell asleep . |
| 16 | The arms that held Cley tenderly were strong . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Urgent now , she pressed again the strong body , thrilling to the arms that held her clamped there . |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | He held her close in his arms and wiped her face gently with his handkerchief , and she became calm . |
| 21 | She folded her arms and thought about this . |
| 22 | On the first morning I woke up feeling great , like a kid , stretched my arms and thought , Now I 'll have a cup of tea and stroll out for a Then it hit me . " |
| 23 | He had seen the arms and thought that was that . |
| 24 | There were about twenty passengers ( this was no passenger ship ) and we slept in the mess , on benches and deckchairs , much resented by the crew , each of us with his possessions , or his secret , crushed like a lover in his arms and whispered to in all the languages of Europe … |
| 25 | The poignant melody made him think of soft feminine sighs , warm arms and whispered words of love in the dark of night . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I could prolong the ecstasy as long as I liked , even after he had fallen asleep in my arms and continued sleeping right through my climaxes . |
| 28 | Yawning widely , she put down her empty cup , pillowed her head on folded arms and drifted into a half-sleep that distorted reality , muffled outside sounds like the clink and rattle of the milk-float , a distant dog 's barking , the choked cough of a car reluctant to start . |
| 29 | He buried his head in his arms and rolled about the table in his agony . |
| 30 | 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 . |