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‘A male may grab a wrist.’

[⟨det male.ngrab.v ⟨det wrist.n⟩]

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In the British National Corpus:

I went over to Sheridan to ask him to be quiet and he grabbed my wrist and tried to pull me on to his lap, and I overbalanced and fell and hit the table hard where he was sitting, and I caught the cloth somehow and pulled it with me and everything on it landed on the floor.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

His eyes widened and he hurriedly grabbed Tracey’s wrist.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

In fact, he grabbed my wrist roughly and squeezed it until I dropped said shoe.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Ryan grabbed his wrist.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

She raised her hand to tap again and Jack grabbed her wrist, his hand moving of it’s own accord.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He looked at her as she put the plate down and as she turned to leave, he grabbed her wrist,?
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Brendon grabbed Ryan’s wrist and held on firmly, commanding, “Stay.”
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Without consciously knowing what he did John reached out his hand once again, but was surprised when Paul grabbed his wrist before he could touch his dark hair.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

As he walked past Jaejoong, he grabbed the man’s wrist and pulled him alongside, not leaving the dark haired man another moment to see the catastrophe he used to call home.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He grabbed the Joker’s wrist before it could make contact and twisted the arm behind the Joker’s back to keep him from doing anything more. “I think that’s enough for me today, “He said as he thought of the best way to get out of the room without losing a limb or beating the shit out of the Joker.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Edward grabbed his wrist, tugging him back to the bed.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Bill grabbed her wrist and pulled her out of bed.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

She told me to come get you as soon as you wake up. “She got up, but he grabbed her wrist and wouldn’t let go.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Finally free, he quickly grabbed the other man’s wrist, twisting it, while striking him in the knee, putting him off balance so that Asami found his arm twisted up behind him as he fell forward across the table.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Mike grabbed his wrist and dragged him to a vacant bunk.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

As she reached for it he grabbed her wrist gently.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

When he grabbed her wrist, he must have crushed the web cartridge in her web shooter.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Finally free, he quickly grabbed the other man’s wrist, twisting it, while striking him in the knee, putting him off balance so that Asami found his arm twisted up behind him as he fell forward across the table.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He grabbed her wrist and twisted it painfully behind her back Placing her head against the door, she cried out, “I don’t know. “He smiled knowing she was torn. “Another pupil to teach. “He thought to himself.
(Parse)

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Queried on 2013-06-20.