Example sentences of "[adv] with the [adj] hand " in BNC.

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1 He hypothesised that left handers who employed the upright posture ( indicative of contralateral cerebral lateralisation of language ) should perform better with the left hand than inverted sinistral writers .
2 Turning back , he quickly scanned the sheet again , looked up at the clock , and reached forward to slide a knob towards himself , at the same time sliding another away with the other hand — presumably fading out the music .
3 He had gone to the lavatory and pressed the flush absent-mindedly with the damaged hand .
4 Stand upright with the left hand on the hip .
5 They found that speaking interfered selectively with the right hand only under certain conditions .
6 Lomas and Kimura ( 1976 ) repeated this experiment using different manual tasks and found that speaking interfered selectively with the right hand only under certain conditions .
7 The more common form shows the hands in an attitude of prayer , centre-chest height , with the fingertips touching and , occasionally , the thumbs crossed ; the second position involves the crossing of the arms with fingertips at centre chest , the right arm being placed over the left and the fingers of both hands remaining closed but outstretched ; finally , there is the attitude of total repose , legs slightly parted at the knees , the shoulders down and the hands placed over the groin , again with the right hand over the left and the fingers together yet unclasped .
8 Away goes Lawrence to , takes it again with the bottom hand away from the bat , it 's off the back foot this time , stabbing it down in front of him , a short of a length ball .
9 Hopefully I 'll get you an early copy , not with the J Ds and everything but certainly with the left hand side , and the right hand side of the document and the final version of the document with charts
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