Example sentences of "hand [conj] [verb] [pron] [adv] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claudia framed his face between her hands and kissed him softly on his eyes and cheeks before her lips lingered on his mouth . |
| 2 | But he put up no defence ; he simply raised his hands and laid them lightly on Gentle 's shoulders . |
| 3 | Nicholas withdrew his own hands and placed them lightly on her two shoulders . |
| 4 | ‘ Certainly the play advocates a continuation of the war , as plays nowadays are required to do , ’ said Deems , folding his hands and placing them gently on the table before him , as if to show that he concealed nothing . |
| 5 | Occasionally he would mutter a few words of comfort , or reach out a hand and lay it reassuringly on Sigarup 's blanketed body to let him know that he was still awake . |
| 6 | Their sense of tradition is also very strong and instead of dying out in 1951 when enthusiasm was beginning to wane a little , it was revitalised when Stanley Robshaw took it in hand and set it firmly on its feet again . |
| 7 | Wolsey stretched out a hand and patted him gently on the shoulder . |
| 8 | She steeled herself to touch him , taking the mask from his hand and placing it firmly on his face , looping the ribbon carefully over his ears and sweeping around him in her long skirts to tie it firmly . |