Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] your hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You ought to try your hand at some fiction one of these days . ’ |
| 2 | You might walk down sombre corridors and gaze upon dim , seldom-used halls , and you might run your hand across the scarred surfaces of the old walls , and then , without the least warning , you would find yourself in a sun-drenched quadrangle , or a courtyard where gentians grew or mountain ash flared . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll hold your hand down the path . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We 'll hold your hand , ’ splutters the giggler . |
| 5 | I 'll hold your hand . |
| 6 | She might bite your hand off , or anything . |
| 7 | You imagine ima imagine going to these clien especially doctors they 'd snap your hand off . |
| 8 | ‘ I left the car in Parson 's Green and came in by Underground so I could hold your hand all the way back . ’ |
| 9 | You could put your hand up and ask questions , and you were n't all up at a level on him , he was at the same level as you , talking , and he knew all our abilities so he explained things more clearly to us . |
| 10 | if you get a hole in a carpet maybe you could put your hand through , it would take you quite a |
| 11 | It is very unlikely that a solar panel would chop your hand off if you accidentally put it in the wrong place , but the 36 in ( 91cm ) span of the larger wind generators can be deadly . |
| 12 | look at it , I will wash your hand in two seconds , when you 're ready , here , I 'll just wipe it with a bit of loo roll for now and we 'll wash it when your ready |
| 13 | You can make your hand gestures more effective by adding a soundtrack : confidently telling an argumentative old drunk to sit down , as you gently push him back out of arm 's reach , adds authority to the message . |
| 14 | you can see your hand moving |
| 15 | Well , just as you know you can move your hand with four ‘ degrees of freedom ’ in four dimensions so objects , considered in certain ways , have ten degrees of freedom . |
| 16 | At Kunstat we visit a ceramics factory , where you can try your hand at the potter 's wheel and buy some very reasonably priced pottery from their retail outlet . |
| 17 | ‘ You can try your hand at cooking again when we get back . |
| 18 | ours does n't , ours , you can get your hand right underneath ours |
| 19 | Yeah you can put your hand in it . |