Example sentences of "on [pos pn] hand [prep] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Now , at a pinch , I might be able to walk a step or two on my hands with my feet in the air , believe me , it 's not a pretty sight !
2 Standing on her hands with her back against the wall , and she wanted him to run at her .
3 And now England could have a fight on their hands in their second innings on a pitch beginning to help the slow bowlers .
4 To her intense dismay and astonishment , he suddenly hurled down the room in a series of cartwheels ; he made a whizzing plaything of his devilish masked self , a fizzing Catherine wheel , flashing arms and legs , landing on his hands before her , his upside-down false face obscured by hair both false and real , tumbling over his papier-mâché cheeks .
5 Hand operation : WBC World heavyweight champion , Lennox Lewis , needs a minor operation on his hand before his next fight .
6 ‘ But we got a national emergency on our hands with your name on it . ’
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