Example sentences of "she [verb] [adv prt] a hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | Into the shadows of the room came the beam of a powerful flashlight , and she flung up a hand to shield her eyes from its glare . |
| 2 | He took a hasty pace towards her , and she flung out a hand . |
| 3 | But even as she flung out a hand to save herself she was whisked off her feet and pulled into the secure haven of fitzAlan 's arms . |
| 4 | Literary , second-sighted , sick , she holds out a hand to him : he clasps it , but then decides he ca n't go on . |
| 5 | She threw up a hand , laughing as Theda 's lips tightened . |
| 6 | She threw up a hand in a gesture of exasperation . |
| 7 | She stretches out a hand and strokes my backside , but I stand and move away from the bed , dropping a wad of screwed-up tissue on the worn carpet . |
| 8 | Then she reached up a hand and stroked his hair gently . |
| 9 | She reached up a hand to find a dressing near her hair-line . |
| 10 | She reached out a hand towards Gazzer . |
| 11 | She reached out a hand to him , pleading , suddenly submissive . |
| 12 | Then she reached out a hand and took hold of her water-jug . |
| 13 | Then she reached out a hand to clasp one of hers . |
| 14 | She paused and I could hear her brain cells creaking into action as she reached out a hand covered in enough costume jewellery to make a decent knuckle-duster . |
| 15 | Anyway , ’ she reached out a hand , ‘ I know it 's a little belated , but welcome aboard . ’ |
| 16 | Smiling , she reached out a hand towards the fretful infant . |
| 17 | She reached out a hand for the telephone . |
| 18 | Unconsciously she put up a hand to that fatal head of hair , and her fingers , coming into contact with the enveloping white cap , brought her a sobering thought . |
| 19 | She put up a hand and tried to push him aside . |
| 20 | She put up a hand as if to ward him off , summoning every ounce from her reserves to say lightly , ‘ Of course we 'll talk . |
| 21 | She put out a hand and touched the prostrate woman — and drew it away in distress . |
| 22 | She put out a hand and touched Millie 's cheek now , saying softly , ‘ I ramble on , child . |
| 23 | She put out a hand and touched the nearest arm , and the driver turned round quickly . |
| 24 | She put out a hand and felt him wince as she found his injured eye . |
| 25 | She put out a hand to him . |
| 26 | She put out a hand , and the thing wrapped itself around her arm , warm and dry and tingling — and Bernice was suddenly struck by a question so obvious it stunned her . |
| 27 | She put out a hand to touch one of the ribbed blue and yellow vases on the marble mantelpiece . |
| 28 | She put out a hand to him at once . |
| 29 | When she reached him , she put out a hand to grasp his arm . |
| 30 | She put out a hand and touched him on the sleeve , but he moved back as if he had n't noticed , and she said on a rising note , ‘ Why are you looking like that ? ’ |