Example sentences of "[pos pn] arm and [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 .
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