Example sentences of "my arm [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I even intended to gather up the sleeping bundle in my arms and take it away from this dreadful precipice . |
| 2 | I take him in my arms and hold him . |
| 3 | He grips my arms and dumps me back on the pew . |
| 4 | ‘ I gathered it up , ’ he was to say , ‘ I actually scooped up the evil hungering thing in my arms and carried it into the house and laid it down by the fire . ’ |
| 5 | I fell to my knees , took her gently in my arms and kissed her . |
| 6 | Without conscious intention , I took her in my arms and kissed her . |
| 7 | They grabbed my arms and swung me over to a mat lying at the side then undid the strap around my ankles . |
| 8 | ‘ I want to hold you in my arms and kiss you till we 're both half crazy with it . ’ |
| 9 | I 'M GOING TO TAKE YOU IN MY ARMS and kiss you , very hard and very quickly ! |
| 10 | I want to take you in my arms and kiss you and — ’ He looked to the side to where two people were approaching ; then dropping her hands , he said on a laugh , ‘ I 've only to be seen doing that in public , even holding your hands , and the place would be set on fire . |
| 11 | Jenkins took my arms and helped me up several flights of stairs , like a Boy Scout assisting an old lady . |
| 12 | I grab her in my arms and hug her like I thought she 'd run away , and when I come out of that obliterating kiss I find the kitchen is full of blacks , and though they 're grinning like the sun 's out , I demand what the hell 's been going on ? |
| 13 | I instinctively put up my arms and caught him . ’ |
| 14 | The farmer was silent as I soaped my arm and inserted it into the cow . |
| 15 | I must have moaned : she looked at me coldly as if suspecting some kind of trickery , and then her face altered and she came across the room to take my arm and help me back to bed . |
| 16 | Suddenly , salvation : Jo took hold of my arm and dragged me away , giving several extremely good reasons why we should leave as soon as possible . |
| 17 | One says he do n't think so , and someone else makes a crack about reggae , and I realize this gun I had pointing at her seems to have drooped like soft rubber , so I relax my arm and let it point to the floor . |
| 18 | I was n't prepared to put things under my arm and hawk them around in Bond Street so there was a long gap . |
| 19 | Whatever , Yeb walks past grabbing my arm and tells me we 're going to have a good time . |
| 20 | ‘ Take one of the strips of plaster from my arm and put it over the girl here 's mouth . |
| 21 | But he raised his left hand again , this time to silence me ; took my arm and led me to the edge of the colonnade . |
| 22 | One day , while we were roaming around junk shops and the Paperback Exchange , Changez took my arm and forced me to face him , which was never a pleasant sight . |
| 23 | Here he grabbed my arm and squeezed it , hard . |
| 24 | He grabbed my arm and guided me towards the road . |
| 25 | The bullet hit my arm and broke it . |
| 26 | She grabbed my arm and pulled me to the outer door . |
| 27 | Fritz took my arm and turned me round . |
| 28 | But instead of prevaricating and procrastinating she came over all gooey , stroking my hand and squeezing my arm and saying she did n't want to lose me but she was frightened , frightened and confused , she did n't know what to do . |
| 29 | So I raised my arm and gave them a very big thumbs-down . |
| 30 | The man grabs my arm and pulls me . |