Example sentences of "[pron] arm [coord] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | I did n't have a lot of success doing that , so I decided to chance my arm and go to the players ' hotel . |
2 | He grabbed her arm and started towards the lights of the comer . |
3 | He grasped her arm and nodded towards the Land Rover , but Maggie was not about to meekly capitulate and go back to the hacienda like an escaped convict recaptured . |
4 | ‘ Plucky little tyke , ’ Richard took his arm and limped into the corridor . |
5 | She ducked under his arm and made for the door but he caught her arm . |
6 | It struck his arm and fell to the floor , spilling out its dark contents . |
7 | She put her hand defiantly on his arm and glared at the ring of faces . |
8 | He put his hat on , flung his coat over his arm and went to the door . |
9 | Now he lay exhausted , angry and restless in a vast bed , jogging his arm and pulling at the drip which a nurse kept watching and adjusting . |
10 | He stuck the wastebin under his arm and scrambled to the door . |
11 | ‘ Yes , the sidh are close to us , ’ said Tealtaoich softly , when Snizort touched his arm and nodded towards the sounds . |
12 | Big osier ones , flat , that you could crook over your arm or set on the ground . |