Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] her hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the party eventually broke up Ross merely lifted her hand to his lips , before leaving to join his parents at their hotel , some miles away . |
| 2 | He suddenly captured her hand and placed it where it had been before , over the steady beat of his heart . |
| 3 | She was afraid she might have a problem getting rid of him — not altogether sure she wanted to — but in the lobby he merely took her hand and raised it to his lips . |
| 4 | His hands dropped from her shoulders , and he did not speak , merely took her hand and pulled her after him , striding back up the path at a rapid pace so that she was hard pressed to keep up . |
| 5 | He gently replaced her hand on her knee and said , " You 'll have the place like a palace in no time . " |
| 6 | She laughed and took off her glasses , then gently slid her hand into his pocket . |
| 7 | He gently held her hand on the table . |
| 8 | Leonora felt better once she was in the taxi , particularly since Penry not only held her hand , but kept his arm round her for the entire journey , taking her mind very successfully off the evening ahead by the sheer joy of just being with him after a week apart . |
| 9 | Corbett gently patted her hand . |
| 10 | As it was , Thomas merely patted her hand and said , ‘ This is a very good idea of yours , Schätzchen , and of course I shall help you in any way I can . ’ |
| 11 | He made no response , but just took her hand and led her towards the stable-block . |
| 12 | I just squeezed her hand and said , " Yes , darling . |
| 13 | That evening , when Tabitha Jute finally set her hand on the battered aluminium doorknob , it was still a cheerfully disreputable establishment , catering to the social needs of those who felt more comfortable doing business in an environment with a degree of sleaze to it . |
| 14 | Prudently , ‘ Stocky ’ had not attended her , just held her hand . |
| 15 | Only time and , ’ he paused and once more kissed her hand , ‘ our greater love . ’ |
| 16 | Alone among them , Denmark had substantial overseas possessions in Iceland and Greenland but these territories hardly strengthened her hand in Europe . |
| 17 | As Wayne returned , she quickly took her hand away ; she was n't going to tell him about this , not if she could help it . |
| 18 | Someone moved , close by , someone whose approach so far had been in silence , and she quickly took her hand away . |
| 19 | Cecilia heard herself gasp and at once put her hand up to her mouth . |
| 20 | He still held her hand against his pulse and she wanted to replace it with her mouth ; wanted to trail her fingers across his warm flesh , and the need to deny herself made her shake . |
| 21 | He still held her hand . |
| 22 | Yet he still held her hand , and she grasped it gratefully until they came to an open area where there was a fallen tree trunk . |
| 23 | She now rubbed her hand over the oilcloth as she waited for the next question . |
| 24 | She now flapped her hand as if shooing something away , then went out of the kitchen and onto the landing , and here , as she had before , she stopped , but only long enough to raise her eyes to the whitewashed ceiling as her mind said , Dear God , do n't let anything come of this . |
| 25 | ‘ Do n't Bodo me , ’ Frau Nordern snapped , but immediately raised her hand in apology . |
| 26 | Gedanken lazily trailed her hand in the water . |
| 27 | She kindly put her hand out of the window for me to kiss . |
| 28 | He coldly removed her hand from his arm and moved to join the women on the path . |
| 29 | Bobo touched her crooked finger to her lips and then lowered her hand , palm upwards . |
| 30 | Their fingers touched briefly as she took it from him , and Lucy almost snatched her hand away . |