Example sentences of "[pron] hand [prep] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put my hand in and found it . |
| 2 | In 1897 Mr and Mrs Currer Briggs bought the most idyllic site they could lay their hands on and wrote to Mr Voysey the architect . |
| 3 | She put out her hand as if warding him off . |
| 4 | She went to the door of the room Alice had been in , and lifted her hand as if to knock . |
| 5 | She now flapped her hand as if shooing something away , then went out of the kitchen and onto the landing , and here , as she had before , she stopped , but only long enough to raise her eyes to the whitewashed ceiling as her mind said , Dear God , do n't let anything come of this . |
| 6 | Miss Rene flapped her hand as if shooing away all hats . |
| 7 | She put her hand in and pulled it out . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's called Titian , ’ she said , pushing her waves back with vigorous sweeps of her hands as if to deny its attraction to men . |
| 9 | Candy held up her hands as if warding off a blow . |
| 10 | He spat on his hands as if to give himself courage , then settled on the wall on his hands and knees . |
| 11 | ‘ Agreed , ’ Joe said , and held up his hands as if to say , See , no deception … would I lie to you ? |
| 12 | ‘ Your friend has so much talent and she 's so … ’ he waved his hands as if trying to snatch words from the air , ‘ … she has this gift of firing one 's imagination without talking too much . |
| 13 | He had actually held up his hands as if to ward off something evil . |
| 14 | Gaunt raised his hand as if welcoming the plaudits of the crowd . |
| 15 | She took the programme from his hand as if wanting to know what the song was , but her eyes were shut as she bent her head over it . |
| 16 | He raised his hand as if to strike Frankie , who instinctively recoiled into the rough safety of his nanny s overcoat . |
| 17 | ‘ Tom lay down on the grass and looked into the clear , clear limestone water , with every pebble at the bottom bright and clean , while the little silver trout dashed about in fright at the sight of his black face ; and he dipped his hand in and found it so cool , cool , cool ; and he said , ‘ I will be a fish ; I will swim in the water ; I must be clean , I must be clean ’ . ’ |
| 18 | He undid the sack put his hand in and pulled out half a loaf . |
| 19 | This is a very quick way to get your hand in and learn what you need to practise . |