Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] at arm " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're absolutely desperate to keep me at arm 's length . ’ |
| 2 | In reality , the relationship was a strained and sometimes comical mismatch , a 50-year-long saga of crossed purposes — with Yeats doing all the suffering and Maud forever striving to keep him at arm 's length . |
| 3 | Sliding into the warmth he had just left , inhaling the scent of him on the pillows , surrounded by his clothes , books and possessions , she could feel her resolve to keep him at arm 's length ebbing relentlessly away . |
| 4 | Little wonder he saw some fresh sport in the pursuit of someone like Shannon , who was single-mindedly determined to keep him at arm 's length . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , ’ she breathed , her desire to keep him at arm 's length dwindling to nothing . |
| 6 | She was only here because he 'd manoeuvred it ; now he seemed determined to keep her at arm 's length . |