Example sentences of "a hand [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stole into the kitchen to find Sabina and beg some hot water in secret , before the others found her out ; Sabina giggled and her eyes flicked from side to side as Rosa described how she must have sleep-walked , how dangerous it was , how someone could have accidentally woken her and she might have fallen down , without being able to put out a hand to stop her fall , and died . |
| 2 | She lifted a hand to stop her husband , to grasp the knife . |
| 3 | As she stood in the middle of the crowd , she felt a hand touching her bottom . |
| 4 | He stretched out a hand to touch her face and she jerked away . |
| 5 | He put out a hand to smooth her untidy hair . |
| 6 | She tasted it and nibbled on it , and plunged into it , until a hand took her chin and their mouths once again met . |
| 7 | He reached out a hand to cup her chin , scanning her still thin face with its near translucent skin . |
| 8 | Only when she stretched out a hand to replace her own receiver did Fabia realise that she was shaking . |
| 9 | A hand touched her shoulder . |
| 10 | A hand touched her arm . |
| 11 | They had reached the main corridor when a hand touched her shoulder . |
| 12 | Someone was pulling at her clothes , a hand shook her shoulder , and then a thumb rolled back her eyelid . |
| 13 | Silencing her with a hand enveloping her face , I half-lifted her and so we entered the cave , the girl struggling furiously . |
| 14 | She lifted a hand to shade her eyes and Martin Jackson 's face appeared on the backdrop of light , as if he were looking at her from the sun 's centre . |
| 15 | Theda , her attention caught , put up a hand to shade her eyes . |
| 16 | Bright evening sunlight glared through the windscreen , dazzling her after the gloom , and she raised a hand to shade her eyes just as Luke Calder turned the car into the road , cutting in front of a lorry so close that her stomach lurched . |
| 17 | When she opened her mouth to yell , a hand caught her face , pinching into the angle of the jaw so hard that the cry died in her throat . |
| 18 | The running steps behind her closed , and a hand grasped her shoulder , swinging her round . |
| 19 | His eyes brightened and he reached for her again , a hand trailing her breasts . |
| 20 | Tweed 's expression was so innocent Monica put up a hand to hide her smile . |
| 21 | Into the shadows of the room came the beam of a powerful flashlight , and she flung up a hand to shield her eyes from its glare . |