Example sentences of "[pos pn] hands [prep] [pron] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man takes my hands in his and places them within the box and around the point of life . |
| 2 | So after they had fasted and prayed , they placed their hands on them and sent them off . |
| 3 | They had tried twice before , and on each occasion they had been pursued relentlessly through the forests by hostile Moi tribesmen who had stripped them naked , lashed their hands behind them and led them back to the plantation roped together at the neck with twisted creepers . |
| 4 | According to Wainfleet Ruby had asked him for a photograph of the escaped prisoner from the newspaper 's files , passed her hands over it and discovered that Sniffy was in Epping Forest . |
| 5 | She thrust her hands at me and said passionately , ‘ Karim , this world is full of people needing sympathy and care , oppressed people , like our people in this racist country , who face violence every day . |
| 6 | She cupped her hands underneath him and eased him over the edge . |
| 7 | He was wearing a T-shirt , and she slid her hands beneath it and threaded her fingers through the soft curls on his chest . |
| 8 | Shiona took her hands in hers and knelt down beside her . |
| 9 | Then he leaned towards her and took both her hands in his and began to study them as if they were entirely new creations , the like of which he had never seen before . |
| 10 | He held both her hands in his and looked down at the pale blur of her face . |
| 11 | He held both her hands in his and brought them to his lips . |
| 12 | When at last they broke apart , he took both her hands in his and kissed each of her palms . |
| 13 | He squatted down beside her and took one of her hands in his and waited for her to go on . |
| 14 | He caught her hands in his and drew them over her head so that she lay open and vulnerable to him . |
| 15 | ‘ Maggie , I 'm so awfully sorry to hear your news , ’ he said , taking her hands in his and squeezing them . |
| 16 | Pontius Pilate washed his hands of it and passed it on . |
| 17 | She said : ‘ He holds out his hands for him and loves to have him on his knee . |
| 18 | She hid the cutting in the cocktail cabinet in the prop-room — if she took it home Uncle Vernon might get his hands on it and embarrass her by reading it out to the commercial travellers . |
| 19 | Tim 's idea of a mess is to put his hands in it and got shooooo |
| 20 | When the Sergeant returned with steaming liquid in a tin container , Charles warmed his hands round it and gazed out across the flat expanse of his new command . |
| 21 | ‘ And now , my dear , before you leave , let me take your hands in mine and let me feel your face . |