Example sentences of "hands behind his " in BNC.
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| 1 | After she had gone , Doctor Sparrow swung round slowly in the chair , hands behind his head , annoyed , angry , concerned . |
| 2 | Bosley and Hughes knelt on him and manacled his hands behind his back . |
| 3 | The carer gently levers him forwards by placing her hands behind his seat and swivelling his hips sideways and forwards . |
| 4 | Therefore , she often guides the patient by placing her hand on his chest , or both hands behind his shoulders or on his hip bones below his waist . |
| 5 | ‘ And a man 's is never paid for , ’ said Bruce putting his hands behind his head . |
| 6 | He put his hands behind his head , contemplating her . |
| 7 | Hands behind his back he 'd ask , ‘ Which hand ? ’ |
| 8 | Frankie , however , flopped into the leather armchair , and putting his hands behind his head lay back like a grown-up . |
| 9 | Putting his hands behind his head , Bodie stretched back and narrowed his eyes . |
| 10 | ‘ Shoot Me Down ’ is positively back to the future , taking the Guy Chadwick feel of far earlier days and twisting it , guitar face up and hands behind his back , into the new swing of things . |
| 11 | Standing with his hands behind his back like Prince Charles ( with an udder on his head ) , James addresses the audience : ‘ This is a new song , ’ he whispers . |
| 12 | Tweed clasped his hands behind his neck . |
| 13 | He paused and reclasped his hands behind his back . |
| 14 | He put his hands behind his head and closed his eyes . |
| 15 | ‘ An NP-complete puzzle , ’ he said , standing with his hands behind his back and his gaze wandering towards the ceiling , ‘ is one in which the routes to the solution are so numerous that there is no single correct answer . |
| 16 | The Doctor was standing with his hands behind his back . |
| 17 | Adam turned on to his back , his hands behind his head , and looked at the ceiling . |
| 18 | As I held it , I knew if I looked over to the bed he 'd be there , hands behind his head , stealing , this time , an image of his widow . |
| 19 | He shrugged , spreading his arms wide , then threw himself down upon a threadbare chaise-longue , his hands behind his head . |
| 20 | He lay back and put his hands behind his head . |
| 21 | ( ROS puts a hand into his purse , then both hands behind his back , then holds his fists out . |
| 22 | Then both hands behind his back , then holds his fists out . |
| 23 | Dyson sat back in his chair watching it , yawning , his hands behind his head . |
| 24 | Round about four o'clock in the afternoon he would sometimes forget Morris and sprawl back in his chair with his hands behind his head , yawning and looking at the ceiling , just as he had before Morris 's arrival . |
| 25 | On a sudden impulse , she reached up to him ( but not as far as she might otherwise have had to do , because of the heels ) and slipped her hands behind his head . |
| 26 | He sat down , put his hands behind his head , and he smiled . |
| 27 | He clasped his hands behind his head and scrutinised her . |
| 28 | Piers asked , sitting back in the sofa , and clasping his hands behind his head . |
| 29 | When he did , his mouth ravaging hers a peculiarly sweet fierceness , pressing her head back against the pillow , she shuddered uncontrollably and , after a moment 's hesitation , twined her hands behind his head , pulling him down until he was lying on top of her . |
| 30 | They 've made him lie with his hands behind his head , which is a trick they probably picked from a Miami Vice afternoon repeat , except it looks stupid when the guy 's hairy legs are sticking out from the tail of his shirt . |