Example sentences of "fingers and [vb past] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aggie turned her head slightly away , took up the knife that was lying to the side of her plate , cut a piece of meat in two , then picked it up with her fingers and ate it ; then she turned to the child and said , ‘ What 's your second name ? ’ |
| 2 | Siegfried carefully lifted the thing , shook the milk from his fingers and studied it with interest . |
| 3 | He rolled it between two fingers and tapped it on a thumbnail and generally fondled it as I knew he would for a good five minutes before lighting it . |
| 4 | Silently he took the notebook from her nerveless fingers and dropped it on the floor . |
| 5 | Mother licked cream from the ice-cave interior of the meringue , then broke off part of the superstructure with her fingers and popped it into her mouth . |
| 6 | Then she was aware of my gaze , glanced away , blew a puff of air upwards at her face , pinched the T-shirt between her fingers and flapped it for draught . |
| 7 | With a lunge , he grabbed the bag from between her fingers and flung it across the parquet , where it landed with a thump before skidding to rest beneath a radiator , then before she could react to such a flare of violence he was reaching out for her , dragging her into his embrace , his lips ravening hungrily over her own with a fever of desire that sent shock waves of fear and desire quivering through her . |
| 8 | ‘ This crap , ’ Laura took the book from Rex 's fingers and struck it with the back of her hand . |
| 9 | The choice was taken from her when a gust of wind suddenly snatched the door from her fingers and slammed it tight shut . |
| 10 | With a lifetime of practice behind him he rolled a passable cigarette in his fingers and lit it . |
| 11 | Pausing for the effect to register , Vic took the apex of the handkerchief between two fingers and drew it upwards delicately , laying bare a fist holding a green creature with bulging eyes . |
| 12 | She pulled it out of the pad with shaking fingers and tore it across and across again until it was a pile of tiny white flakes all over her bed . |
| 13 | Holly took the bread and tugged it between his fingers and wolfed it to his mouth . |
| 14 | He smoothed the paper with his fingers and gave it to her . |
| 15 | She took it in shaking fingers and pulled it on , immediately feeling very closed in by the visor . |