She was willing for him to be released, but not to escape, and so it fell out that the boy, dodging beneath Mr. Wilks's outspread arms, charged blindly up the side-entrance and bowled the young lady over.
"At Sunwich Port, Complete"
W.W. Jacobs
Walter Pennold slumped and crumpled down into his chair, his arms outspread upon the table.
"The Crevice"
William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
Suddenly the lynx jumped, not at the caribou, for they were still too far away, but high in the air with paws outspread.
"A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories"
William Long