Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] in [pos pn] hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | To emphasize his point , a massive gun suddenly appeared in his hand . |
| 2 | It was here that the French finally threw in their hand . |
| 3 | But Karajan 's will was superhuman where music is concerned and he always had in his hand a trump card : a capacity for inner detachment that left him free of bitterness or rancour for all that has been written and said about him over the years . |
| 4 | Her eyes strayed to the card that she still held in her hand and she almost started as she saw , written in plain bold print , a name that had featured with such regularity recently in the headlines of the business section of the local newspaper that she could not fail to recognise it . |
| 5 | She glanced at the screwdriver he still held in his hand . |
| 6 | She had only seen Johnny dressed in what she supposed must be the nineteen forties ' version of casual wear ; but , of course , when he was formally attired he would have worn starched collars with his shirt , detachable and fastened with one of the studs which she now held in her hand . |
| 7 | The only point the press reports missed was that Jim Prior was so unhappy that he almost threw in his hand and resigned . |