Example sentences of "hand [coord] [verb] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He snatched the girlie magazine from his comrade 's hands and tossed it on the seat . |
| 2 | She took one of his hands and pressed it to the bodice of her gown . |
| 3 | Using the trowel she chipped at the ground outside the door , prising cold earth from among the prickly stems and broken bricks , gathering it with her hands and putting it into the bucket . |
| 4 | He sat on the top step , raised the automatic with both hands and aimed it at the arm that was writhing in the aperture below . |
| 5 | When they returned to the turreted stable block , Victoria was taught how to lead a pony in hand and walked it around the stable proudly . |
| 6 | Bernice dumped the remaining food on the floor with a few sweeps of her hand and kicked it under the rubber skirts of the machine . |
| 7 | Evelyn snatched the packet from his hand and put it in the pocket of her apron . |
| 8 | She put out her hand and laid it on the book , then said : |
| 9 | He took the spoon out of her hand and laid it on the table . |
| 10 | He dropped a long , searching kiss on her mouth , then took her shaking hand and laid it against the powerful , overpowering size of his arousal . |
| 11 | Sabrina intervened by taking the poniard from Graham 's hand and slipping it down the side of her boot . |
| 12 | Nicolo took her hand and forced it towards the dark , slashing opening . |
| 13 | He took the sword out of Alexei 's hand and jabbed it into the planks at the bottom of the punt , then draped Alexei 's coat over it . |
| 14 | He pulled a scrap of meat from the cutlet in his hand and tossed it into the air . |
| 15 | She took a pinch of snuff in her hand and sprinkled it over the note murmuring something under her breath . |
| 16 | Doyle seemed wary and the Woman had started to fidget with her long tail of hair , holding it in one hand and drawing it through the fingers of the other . |
| 17 | as if from nowhere Henry , too , appeared and , crouching in the corner of the couch , Emma now watched him struggling with her mother , and when he wrenched the poker from her hand and flung it across the room , there was the sound of splintering wood , which brought about an inevitable silence , punctuated only by gasps . |
| 18 | When his unlucky opponent approached , the fighter would grab the scabbard with his right hand and raise it in the air as if it were the knife . |
| 19 | From the clew first position release your back hand and place it on the mast below the boom . |
| 20 | There are even some ( not you , of course ! ) who have been known to lick the first finger of the right hand and dip it into the bottom of the packet , so that those tiny remaining crumbs of crisp can be finished off . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll help you , ’ Ellen said to Rickie , then she took his hand and placed it on the mop handle . |
| 22 | He lifted one hand and slid it around the slim column of her neck . |
| 23 | He felt for Thomas 's hand and wrung it in the momentary blindness after the torch was quenched against the rock . |
| 24 | He snatched the cloak out of my hand and threw it on the bed . |