Now he was only an arm's-length away from the medic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Voodoo Planet] Reference

Brokers are expected to deal fairly in arm's-length transactions.    From Wordnik.com.  [We Need A Fiduciary Standard For All] Reference

It is funny our neighborly good offices which we render at arm's-length.    From Wordnik.com.  [Different Girls] Reference

"Good morning, " Cindy greeted him cheerfully, from an arm's-length away.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Otherworld]

We did not encourage "the masses," but kept them at arm's-length with sticks.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Tail of the Peacock] Reference

The little old lady pounced upon it, and held it at arm's-length in both hands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aunt Rachel] Reference

If they did, they were arguably offering more than arm's-length credit opinions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Will Free Speech Prove Costly?] Reference

They and the defenders were engaged, hand to hand, almost within arm's-length of us.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Aztec Treasure-House] Reference

First he hugged me, then he held me at arm's-length and we studied each other avidly.    From Wordnik.com.  [River God]

A young man looked out from the small window, an arm's-length view from a camera-phone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Printing: Short Story: "Incident on Concourse B"] Reference

We skinned and butchered the carcasses as their fellows streamed by us at arm's-length.    From Wordnik.com.  [River God]

I fell back, watching with glee as he pulled in arm's-length after arms-length of line.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Magic of Krynn]

Traditionally, auction houses have been arm's-length brokers of art; transparency ruled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christie's Morphs Into a Dealer] Reference

"My gracious!" she cried in consternation and, rising, held the gown off at arm's-length.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rim of the Desert] Reference

He held it at arm's-length and let the red wine squirt down his throat without swallowing.    From Wordnik.com.  [River God]

Henceforth the connection is no longer at arm's-length, as of the workman and the material.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864] Reference

Then he laughed like a boy as he swung her round and held her at arm's-length by both hands.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hawk of Egypt] Reference

In an arm's-length world, in contrast, all you have are raw numbers, free of sentimentality.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unemployment Is Here To Stay] Reference

There is an arm's-length approach to government relations or focus on only central government.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Shanghai Knights] Reference

But the thought of sharing a bed with Jamie, with Lord John on the trundle an arm's-length away.    From Wordnik.com.  [Drums of Autumn]

Many of Defra's "daughter" or "arm's-length" bodies like British Waterways are also expected to be hit hard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Green services face axe in coalition savings plan] Reference

But my careful aiming had now taught him a trick; I saw him attempting the same arm's-length aim with the rifle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner] Reference

But what do we want of a hospitality that makes strangers of us, or of confidences that keep us at arm's-length?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859] Reference

He rose up out of the barrel, holding out at arm's-length what might have been a tinsmith's version of a porcupine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference

However, St. Louis said her group has tried to "keep an arm's-length relationship" with the Congo Republic government.    From Wordnik.com.  [Congo Republic's heavy use of D.C. lobbyists prompts questions] Reference

"Yes," said Ferdinand, holding his cigar at arm's-length and flicking at the ash with his little finger, "daubing again.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Aunt Rachel] Reference

After a few months of practice, I could, with a jerk, raise the instrument from my shoulder to arm's-length above my head.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862] Reference

And it stands in contrast to the arm's-length distance that the U.S. government kept from Exxon after the Valdez spill in 1989.    From Wordnik.com.  [For U.S. government and BP, no choice but to work together] Reference

The review calls on arm's-length bodies "to exploit commercial opportunities and maximise commercial discipline across the sector".    From Wordnik.com.  [Andrew Lansley announces shakeup of health regulators] Reference

Many hundreds of times he had sat outside his stable door within arm's-length of the prisoner, and had listened to him while he talked.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Direst Peril] Reference

They did not have much natural chemistry, and had a somewhat arm's-length relationship throughout that period that they spent together.    From Wordnik.com.  [In All His Glory] Reference

David Cameron's Conservative Party is historically known for its close relationship with the U.S. and an arm's-length distance from Europe.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Leaders Have Pledged a More Pragmatic Approach to the U.S.] Reference