Example sentences of "[adj] hand [coord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He put the gun sideways in his mouth to give him two free hands and I thought about trying to grab it off him but I thought I 'd probably kill one of us and even if I did n't I was no match for him and he 'd just take it off me again . |
| 2 | The malai shoved him in the chest with his free hand but he pointed the gun at the ground behind him . |
| 3 | We 've given them no bother as far the union is concerned — they 've had a free hand and we feel severely let down |
| 4 | She banged on it with her free hand and it was opened by Higgins . |
| 5 | Before he left , he held out his free hand and I took it . |
| 6 | Before he left , he held out his free hand and I took it . |
| 7 | The Prime Minister gave Lord Mountbatten a free hand and he selected six brilliant senior officers who , like the Commodore — soon promoted Vice-Admiral — had a flair for cutting red tape and reconciling different services ' points of view . |
| 8 | Tremulously she took his outstretched hand and it closed around hers as if it had been there forever . |
| 9 | But I was an extra hand and they were glad to have my help . |
| 10 | She held out a twisted hand and I stepped forward to shake it lightly . |
| 11 | a real hand and I gave you about thirty chances , they all stuck together . |
| 12 | Second hand or what ? |
| 13 | Chesarynth hung back , not wanting him behind her , but he ushered her in with little shooing motions of his manicured hands and she had no choice . |
| 14 | My younger brother is holding my left hand but he is only vaguely present , shadowy . |
| 15 | Bring this loop up to your left wrist and tuck it under the rope tied to that wrist at the point marked B. Once you have pushed a little through , grasp it and place it over your left hand and you will be free once more . |
| 16 | Once when I was at school he told me that I should spend the entire summer working on improving my passing off my left hand and my kicking off my left foot . |
| 17 | I had my trumpet case in my left hand and my Esmonde special take-away in a paper carrier and my coffee in a Higgins ' bag in my right . |
| 18 | However , her future as a concert pianist was forestalled by an injury to her left hand and she then began her life 's work of promoting musical appreciation . |
| 19 | His chin was in his oversized hands and he was beaming . |
| 20 | It did mention in the , the sort of packet that maybe feel cold with cold hands and what have you . |
| 21 | Although , like the other papers in the group , it had an African editor and staff , final editorial control was in white hands and there was usually close white supervision . |
| 22 | Cos I wanted three hands and I only had two . |
| 23 | Only I was just scared — I could have broken her in two with my bare hands and I was scared to death of her . |
| 24 | Ben Braithwaite , who could never stand being told what to do , particularly by the landlord of a common tavern , even if he did have a diamond on his swarthy hand and his name was Goldsborough , had spoken sharply . |
| 25 | They 'd cart a case of beer and their heavy saddles into the cinema under the cloak of darkness and , sitting astride their saddles in the front row , would cheer on the cowboys and ride rough with them , Waikato 4X in one hand and their stetsons in the other . |
| 26 | Either way , the tenants feel besieged by the authority on the one hand and their reckless juniors on the other . |
| 27 | There is an inherent tension between range and flexibility of options on the one hand and their simplicity and clarity on the other . |
| 28 | Moreover , it is unlikely to be in such a position until it has come to grips with the broader contradictions underlying its current operation — its devotion to the Common Agricultural Policy on the one hand and its ambition to recruit the states of Central Europe as members on the other . |
| 29 | Markby was back , holding a pint in one hand and her glass of wine in the other . |
| 30 | So Auntie , her umbrella in one hand and her handbag in the other , set out . |