Example sentences of "[art] arm [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Urgent now , she pressed again the strong body , thrilling to the arms that held her clamped there . |
| 3 | He could hardly stand , he had to cling to one of the arms that helped him up . |
| 4 | He stood there like an idiot as she clasped him by the arms and kissed him on the cheek . |
| 5 | The wind grabbed him under the arms and flipped him outwards and back as it had the torn raven banner already . |
| 6 | She tried to embrace him , but he seized her by the arms and shook her till her teeth chattered . |
| 7 | The tiny woman , her sharp face a mass of wrinkles , gripped Patrick by the arms and spun him around to face her . |
| 8 | She was the spoon that impatiently opened your lips and put artichoke purée between them , the arm that lowered you backwards into the tin bath , the water in which you lay and splashed and did not drown . |
| 9 | As soon as the plane had hit any turbulence , the springs would have popped off the arm that held them and the two buckets would have automatically deployed . |
| 10 | Loc seized them both by the arm and forced them to run with him towards the jungle . |
| 11 | He grabbed Rohmer by the arm and swung him around so that he was forced to look him in the face . |
| 12 | I could have sat and stared all evening but Benjamin suddenly realised the drift of my eyes as well as my lechery and , at the appropriate time , seized me by the arm and hustled me from the hall . |
| 13 | Athelstan rose , grabbed Cranston by the arm and hustled him out of the room , closing the door behind him . |
| 14 | He took the Englishman by the arm and ushered him toward the easy chairs arranged around a long rectangular coffee table . |
| 15 | Melissa took her by the arm and piloted her through the booking hall . |
| 16 | At his first rehearsal of Peter Pan , almost before Bunny had finished introducing him to the rest of the cast , Dotty had taken him proprietorially by the arm and strolled him into the wings . |
| 17 | Then the old lady took me firmly by the arm and led me into the bathroom . |
| 18 | McGowan took Jed by the arm and led him over to the cardboard box . |
| 19 | Tommy took him by the arm and led him to the chair . |
| 20 | She took him by the arm and led him unresistingly into the house . |
| 21 | Gebrec returned from putting the bus away and Bonard took him by the arm and led him to the terrace . |
| 22 | ‘ That 's him , then , all gone , ’ Gloria said , before a nurse came scurrying out through the doors , took her by the arm and led her back into the ward . |
| 23 | Gary got up , took Paula by the arm and led her over to the low sofa . |
| 24 | Allen took her by the arm and led her to the nearest stone shelter . |
| 25 | When Gebrec approached , he took him by the arm and murmured something which Melissa took to be a mild reproof . |
| 26 | When the boy gave no answer , the old man took him by the arm and propelled him to the far end of the room , down the narrow stairway , through the tiny door and back to the safety of his own bedroom . |
| 27 | Something clouted his left shoulder with a blow that numbed the arm and knocked him across the cockpit . |
| 28 | The policeman took her gently by the arm and walked her over to the counter . |
| 29 | The argument continued until Howard seized Toohoolhoolzote by the arm and marched him to the guardhouse , where he was locked away . |
| 30 | The day after that , Tobie was commanded to the Palace and returning , seized Loppe by the arm and marched him into the workroom John le Grant had devised for himself , where he scowled at them both . |