Example sentences of "arm [conj] [vb past] him [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Georgina took him in her arms and kissed him on the lips .
2 He stood there like an idiot as she clasped him by the arms and kissed him on the cheek .
3 He took the Englishman by the arm and ushered him toward the easy chairs arranged around a long rectangular coffee table .
4 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 .
5 Tommy took him by the arm and led him to the chair .
6 Gebrec returned from putting the bus away and Bonard took him by the arm and led him to the terrace .
7 Something clouted his left shoulder with a blow that numbed the arm and knocked him across the cockpit .
8 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 .
9 She saw that the Dane was on the point of following him , so she hurriedly caught his arm and guided him into the laundry house .
10 The argument continued until Howard seized Toohoolhoolzote by the arm and marched him to the guardhouse , where he was locked away .
11 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 .
12 Maisie grabbed his arm and steered him towards the next gallery .
13 She caught hold of Sam 's arm and drew him behind the skip .
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