Example sentences of "arm around the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Across the gloomy interior , Tallis could see Scathach crouched by the straw mattress , his arm around the back of the old man 's head . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll tell you what 's going on , mate , ’ he said , slapping a none too friendly arm around the other 's shoulders . |
| 3 | There is no need that ‘ hello/goodbye ’ kisses , an arm around the shoulder , a good cuddle should diminish with the years . |
| 4 | Absolutely , ’ he said , hooking an arm around the man 's shoulders and leading him from the porch . |
| 5 | It 's almost 17 years since I was last hauled up a mountainside with a metal bar across my bum , two poles in one hand and my arm around the anorak of an unknown Austrian whose only English was ‘ Bend ze knees ’ and ‘ Open ze legs ’ . |
| 6 | She hesitated a few seconds before putting her arm around the girl 's thin shoulders . |
| 7 | He had not easily shaken Claudine off — not that he had tried — and his arm around the girl 's waist had irritated Jenna unbelievably . |
| 8 | Miss Liberty put her arm around the Sandrat . |
| 9 | ‘ That bit about him putting his arm around the Queen has been blown up out of all proportion , ’ Fay Shaw said . |
| 10 | He first caused outrage last February when he put his arm around the Queen 's waist during a Royal visit . |
| 11 | From what I could see of him — mostly his spectacles and his left arm around the door jamb — he appeared to be wearing a red silk kimono . |
| 12 | This was originally used as a sales technique — you shook hands or put your arm around a relation or friend — the idea was to develop this — the salesperson put his/her arm around the buyer and thereby instilled a sense of security into the individual . |
| 13 | 7 The defender slips an arm around the attacker 's neck to form a head lock . |
| 14 | Lorre put his arm around the bush , soothing it as if it were a favourite niece in whose person he took an unhealthy interest . |