Example sentences of "hand and [verb] they [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave one last poke with the bat and , throwing it to the ground , clasped both hands and raised them above his head . |
| 2 | She picked the onions up between cupped hands and dropped them into the frying pan on the cooker . |
| 3 | He got the ends of the belt around his hands and wound them into a good , tight grip . |
| 4 | He took her hands and crushed them between his . |
| 5 | She grabbed his hands and removed them from her bottom . |
| 6 | Drachenfels moved among them , laughing as he squeezed heads in his hands and shattered them like rotted fruits . |
| 7 | I did not know what to say in reply , so I took his hands and held them beside my own , showing first the backs , then the palms , then measuring them one against the other , palm to palm — something the Japanese would often do in comparing their smaller , lighter hands with my grosser ones . |
| 8 | He grabbed at my hands and held them to his chest and begged me not to say such a thing . |
| 9 | Clara stretched out her hands and held them above her client 's head . |
| 10 | We healed them with our doctor 's hands and placed them about our person . |
| 11 | Kneeling beside her , he took her hands and placed them on his chest , tracing the graceful line of her arms with his fingers . |
| 12 | He rattled them between cupped hands and threw them into the dust . |
| 13 | More recently Hairy Hands has been reported as wresting steering wheels from drivers ' hands and forcing them off the road , often causing appalling accidents . |
| 14 | She scooped up the bits of spilt polystyrene in her hand and dropped them into the waste-paper basket . |