Example sentences of "[adj] hand and [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I reached out with my free hand and put it in his . |
| 2 | He held his swagger-stick in his left hand and massaged it with his right . |
| 3 | Now , My Lady , ’ he took her cold hand and raised it to his lips , ‘ I bid you adieu . |
| 4 | The best thing get your flat hand and whack it on his back really hard . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Me too , ’ he husked , letting go with one hand and running it across her breasts . |
| 7 | He lifted one hand and slid it around the slim column of her neck . |
| 8 | The ore/gangue mixture was cobbed or spalled by young women seated at anvils , holding the piece in one hand and beating it with a hammer . |
| 9 | Before Bull O'Malley could get a chance to reply , Father Devlin raised a conciliatory hand and waved it like a flag of truce . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He rushed up to her as she got out of the Roller , took her right hand and thrust it into his beard . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 3 The defender catches the fan in her other hand and pushes it into her attacker 's throat to finish him off . |
| 14 | He clasped the royal hand and plastered it with three lingering kisses . |