Example sentences of "put [adv] a hand [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put out a hand to grasp you , and you slip through my fingers like the quicksilver cascade of a waterfall . |
| 2 | The door began to close and I put out a hand to stop it . |
| 3 | Manescu put out a hand to halt him . |
| 4 | She swayed on her feet and the doctor put out a hand to steady her . |
| 5 | Culley half-rose , but Cattini put out a hand to stop him , and glanced back at the barman who lifted a bottle and dug a highball glass into an ice-container . |
| 6 | She was at the wicket before him , and because the yard was dark , put out a hand to guide him within . |
| 7 | She looked up at him , her face so blotched and swollen that despite himself he put out a hand to comfort her , only for her to let out a frightened cry , trying frantically to burrow into the sofa to avoid any contact with him . |
| 8 | He seemed kind , too , putting out a hand to set her on her feet again . |