Example sentences of "[be] [adv] in [pos pn] hand " in BNC.

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1 To rejoice in the Lord is to have the unshakable confen confidence that he is always at hand , and that you and I are always in his hand no matter what happens .
2 The main problem then , inevitably when cutting at this distance from your eyes , is to make pruning cuts as clean and precise as when the secateurs are actually in your hand .
3 It was already in her hand before he spoke , and by the time the men came back with the table and pillows they were running in normal saline through a line in his hand .
4 His own revolver was already in his hand .
5 At Bristol Crown Court Kelly claimed he 'd forgotten the knife was still in his hand and had only meant to punch .
6 And I suppose it was instinct that had made me hang on to my thermometer ; the delicate tube was still in my hand .
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