Example sentences of "arm and [vb past] he [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took the Englishman by the arm and ushered him toward the easy chairs arranged around a long rectangular coffee table . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Tommy took him by the arm and led him to the chair . |
| 4 | Gebrec returned from putting the bus away and Bonard took him by the arm and led him to the terrace . |
| 5 | Something clouted his left shoulder with a blow that numbed the arm and knocked him across the cockpit . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The argument continued until Howard seized Toohoolhoolzote by the arm and marched him to the guardhouse , where he was locked away . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Maisie grabbed his arm and steered him towards the next gallery . |
| 11 | She caught hold of Sam 's arm and drew him behind the skip . |