Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pos pn] hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flora turned and laid her hand on his knee . |
| 2 | Unconsciously she reached out and laid her hand on his arm , wanting in some way to offer comfort for a pain that was still hurting despite the passage of time . |
| 3 | She reached out and laid her hand on his arm , and beneath her fingers she felt the corded muscle clench . |
| 4 | When he came and laid his hand on her shoulder she did n't move , just stared blankly up at him , her face the exact colour of the torn paper strewn across the floor . |
| 5 | Until , finally , he laughed and clapped his hand against his thigh . |
| 6 | There are others who are n't even dancing : one who has just gone over to the veranda and plunged his hand into the vat of boiling oil so he could offer a hot puri to a child in tears : another who is standing in the midst of the dancers being continually buffeted as they come and go , and hungrily eating a plateful of raw rice grains . |
| 7 | He opened it and plunged his hand in . |
| 8 | She brushed the white flowers and wiped her hand on the earth . |
| 9 | Ellwood tossed the peach aside and lowered his hand to the warm slick of juice and pulp , hardness and sweetness , hatred and desire . |
| 10 | The dog bit him and made his hand bleed . |
| 11 | The dog bit him and made his hand bleed . |
| 12 | The dog bit him and made his hand bleed . |
| 13 | The dog bit him and made his hand bleed . |
| 14 | She closed her eyes and passed her hand over them and looked again . |
| 15 | She leaned forward and passed her hand through the flames of the small fire , letting its glow and its heat excite the ancient in her . |
| 16 | Eventually he sat down , and passed his hand tiredly across his brow . |
| 17 | On impulse , he reached out and passed his hand through the vapour . |
| 18 | I knelt on the rug and passed my hand over Debbie 's neck and ribs . |
| 19 | I put the gun down and passed my hand over my eyes . |
| 20 | With powerful leg strokes , moving just beneath the surface he closed with the raft , and got his hand on the rope grab handles . |
| 21 | And he he 's always the first one that 'll eat up his dinner and got his hand up ready for seconds ! |
| 22 | He looked a dangerous striker and got in a good header which I think you got to the right and got your hand to ? |
| 23 | He reached out and caught her hand , pulled her close . |
| 24 | He reached out casually as she turned to go , and caught her hand in his , letting it slip very gradually away from his fingers as she moved back . |
| 25 | Lucy gasped and moved her hand on Jay 's shoulders , kissed her with fire , thrust her whole body so close , head to toe . |
| 26 | Her father , a neat , spare man , sat on the bed and stroked her hand and said very little beyond the commonplace , putting all his affection and concern into that quiet gesture . |
| 27 | He scrutinised her face anxiously as she listened to her mother , and when her eyes turned languidly towards him , he smiled and stroked her hand more earnestly . |
| 28 | Midnight spread and clenched his hand . |
| 29 | She winced painfully as a burning sensation spread across her cheek , and jerked her hand away from her face . |
| 30 | He got up and grasped her hand . |