Example sentences of "[adj] hand [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ward 's left hand crashed down on the table , spilling coffee from the cup he had just filled . |
| 2 | Your leading hand slaps down on the punch as you simultaneously punch over the top and into the opponent 's face . |
| 3 | Evans 's heavy hand smacked down on the small man 's shoulder . |
| 4 | for a red hand to crash down through the palmfronds |
| 5 | Her flailing hand slipped down to the pack , wrenching its cords open , just as cruel fingers seized her arm . |
| 6 | She sat again at the dinner table and saw in the candlelight Hilary Robarts 's dark , discontented eyes staring intently at Alex Mair ; watched the planes of Miles Lessingham 's face fitfully lit by the leaping flames of the fire , saw his long-fingered hands reaching down for the bottle of claret , heard again that measured rather high voice speaking the unspeakable . |