Example sentences of "[pron] hand [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was just tapping my hand along the bridge parapet when my eyes went orange . |
| 2 | But I wished fervently that I had been able to do more , and as I passed my hand along the richly coloured coat over the ribs the vast bandaged finger stood out like a symbol of my helplessness . |
| 3 | We were able to exchange ideas and opinions with them — so much so , that by the end of the day one archaeological student was using my detector over the spoil heaps , while I turned my hand to the ‘ trowel and brush . ’ |
| 4 | I then as far as I can recollect , I ca n't remember whether the door was ajar or totally shut erm I would have put my hand to the handle and once knowing the door was free from its its erm lock I then pushed the door hard with the shield make , knowing that it would then bang , hopefully bang against the back wall . |
| 5 | ‘ I extend my hand to the new president of the Greek-Cypriot people in south Cyprus , ’ he said , deliberately choosing language which challenges the legitimacy of the Cyprus republic . |
| 6 | I hold out my hand for the hat and he gives it to me . |
| 7 | It was on that occasion — in the strangely bare study of Darlington Hall — that Mr Farraday shook my hand for the first time , but by then we were hardly strangers to each other ; quite aside from the matter of the staff , my new employer in several other instances had had occasion to call upon such qualities as it may be my good fortune to possess and found them to be , I would venture , dependable . |
| 8 | There was a long , hot moment in which all three of us were penned in a triangle of critical regard — Laura fiercely indifferent to everything except the health of her blaze ; me awkwardly between , holding out my hand for the axe ; Edward , old man suddenly , hating his years and his uncertain hands , humiliated , furious with Laura , resentful of my youth , and profoundly unwilling to surrender the axe . |
| 9 | Lucker holds my hand with the kind of grasp that men at sea learn as a last resort . |
| 10 | The room had one other chair , a red velvet-covered rocker , having massive springs and I well remember how , when sitting on this on one occasion , absent-mindedly put my hand on the bottom leg . |
| 11 | Then he put my hand on the flies of his trousers . |
| 12 | ‘ Larry , ’ she said , ‘ I 've just burnt my hand on the oven grid because of you . ’ |
| 13 | If I could get my hand on the dirty little tyke who wrote it — ‘ |
| 14 | With all sorts of primeval fears about dark cupboards and traps and ghostly animals I put my hand on the handle , turned it , pulled and jumped back . |
| 15 | A NASTY SCENE the other night after I refuse to put my hand on The Bump . |
| 16 | I mean , I 've put my hand on The Bump lots of times already , and all you can say really when it jiggles about is , ‘ How nice ’ , and ‘ Is n't that interesting ’ and ‘ Wonder if it 's a boy or a girl ? ’ |
| 17 | I put my hand on the last page , and hesitated . |
| 18 | God help me , I put my hand on the ruin of his head , and then I knew he was dead . |
| 19 | I placed my hand on the top of the skull and waited . |
| 20 | ‘ You may tell my father , ’ he replied , ‘ my hand on the bible , and I will repeat this oath before the Commons and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal — I swear this : neither my people nor the Lord Gaveston went anywhere near Godstowe Priory on that day . ’ |
| 21 | I put my hand on the place where your heart was meant to be . |
| 22 | I had cut my hand on the gun : it was n't bleeding much but the little finger was bent sideways and I could n't move it . |
| 23 | There was other stuff in similar vein but by this time I had my hand on the Yale latch and was opening the door . |
| 24 | I then put my hand on the throttles and said : " This reduces the power . " |
| 25 | But I soon learnt to get those cows out without messing up my nice clean cow shed , what we used to do , because wanting to get the first one out very quietly , I used to put my hand on the tail , press the tail to the backside and push her out ! |
| 26 | It 's time to try my hand at the settled life . |
| 27 | When it did not open , I broke the glass angrily and stretched out my hand towards the branch . |
| 28 | Before she went to Navron she told Harry she felt like the well fed birds that could only fly about in their cage , but ‘ one day I set a linnet free which flew straight out of my hand towards the sun . ’ |
| 29 | Thirty pairs of eyes stared with unwavering concentration as I dipped my hand into the all-too-familiar breakfast of slightly sour rice and salted fish . |
| 30 | I pushed my hand into the mouth and I could feel it all right . |