Example sentences of "[pron] hand for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hold out my hand for the hat and he gives it to me . |
| 2 | It was on that occasion — in the strangely bare study of Darlington Hall — that Mr Farraday shook my hand for the first time , but by then we were hardly strangers to each other ; quite aside from the matter of the staff , my new employer in several other instances had had occasion to call upon such qualities as it may be my good fortune to possess and found them to be , I would venture , dependable . |
| 3 | There was a long , hot moment in which all three of us were penned in a triangle of critical regard — Laura fiercely indifferent to everything except the health of her blaze ; me awkwardly between , holding out my hand for the axe ; Edward , old man suddenly , hating his years and his uncertain hands , humiliated , furious with Laura , resentful of my youth , and profoundly unwilling to surrender the axe . |
| 4 | Outside in the street I took her hand for the first time . |
| 5 | She held out her hand for the Mills bombs . |
| 6 | Celia held out her hand for the paper . |
| 7 | Although , in manners bound , he held and played with her hand for the rest of the drive home , he felt that he could have done instead with a nice talk about hunting . |
| 8 | Charity held out her hand for the file , and flipped it open . |
| 9 | ‘ If we do n't make the final , Cy Gilette [ the umpire ] will have our blood on his hands for the rest of his life . ’ |
| 10 | He put the flask on her lap to free both his hands for the cleaning , and before she knew it , she had raised the bottle to her lips and taken a sip . |
| 11 | David jumped down on to the platform and put up his hands for the baggage . |
| 12 | He held out his hand for the combination code . |
| 13 | In his office Julian Hayman held out his hand for the photograph . |
| 14 | Adam had put out his hand for the citronella but Rufus stopped him . |
| 15 | Owen reached out his hand for the coffee a bearer had just brought in . |
| 16 | He reached out his hand for the glass of milk and took a large gulp . |
| 17 | It used to be amazing at the end of the week to be paid , to have money in your hand for the work you had done . |
| 18 | The report and accounts have been in your hands for the statutory period er , and you 've had the chance to read my statement . |