Example sentences of "hands [vb pp] [prep] [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His blue eyes were fastened on the publisher 's face , his square hands placed on his knees . |
| 2 | Sir John was sitting perfectly still , his hands pressed between his knees , his forehead red under his wig . |
| 3 | When he had gone , she stood for a long time in front of the looking-glass that hung over the fire , her hands pressed to her cheeks , her face quite alive with excitement . |
| 4 | Occasionally too she would simply sit crouched on the sofa and weep silently , her hands pressed to her cheeks . |
| 5 | Remembering the earlier misunderstanding , Joseph kept his hands pressed to his sides . |
| 6 | A cook from the kitchens took one in the eye and stumbled backwards with his hands pressed to his temples . |
| 7 | Haji dachi ( attention stance ) : standing with heels together , back straight and open hands pressed against your thighs . |
| 8 | ‘ Leave me alone ! ’ she screamed when her efforts to evade him proved useless and a pair of iron hands fastened on her arms . |
| 9 | Reeling , Cardiff saw Rohmer standing stock still , hands fastened to his ears in an almost business-like fashion , still staring straight ahead at the wall . |
| 10 | He went fiery red , hands clenched at his sides . |
| 11 | Chen pulled up sharply , almost thudding into Karr who stood there , his hands clenched at his sides , his great chest rising and falling heavily as he stared down at the three prone gangsters . |
| 12 | She leaned forward , hands clenched on her knees , a kind of fierceness there . |
| 13 | She moistened her lips , wishing there was some way she could avoid his shrewd gaze , but his hands caught at her arms as she tried to turn away . |
| 14 | Her hands dropped to her sides as she gazed into the cracked mirror . |
| 15 | He held her like this for a few seconds and then , suddenly , the oddly predatory look left his face and his hands dropped to his sides . |
| 16 | And then his hands dropped from her arms and he turned and went into his bedroom . |
| 17 | His hands dropped from her shoulders , and he did not speak , merely took her hand and pulled her after him , striding back up the path at a rapid pace so that she was hard pressed to keep up . |
| 18 | Immediately his hands dropped from her shoulders . |
| 19 | Nicolo 's hands dropped from her shoulders . |
| 20 | His hands lifted to her shoulders as though he would shake her , but clenched and fell back as he controlled himself . |
| 21 | Nicandra 's big hands hung by her sides , her world shifted place , all certainty lost and gone in a salty fog of despair . |
| 22 | It looked perfectly human , dressed in a grey , well-cut suit and black tie , its collar turned up against the cold , its hands thrust into its pockets . |
| 23 | He had moved off anyway , hands thrust into his denims , head down . |
| 24 | His hands moved to her shoulders to put her from him , then he released her abruptly before turning to walk along the path . |
| 25 | She stared very hard at the dark face above her , her hands pushed into her pockets to hide their idiotic trembling . |
| 26 | A rather disgruntled-looking George walked towards them , his hands stuffed into his pockets . |
| 27 | His hands closed on her shoulders . |
| 28 | The switchblade fell from his hand as he sagged to the ground , whimpering softly , his hands clutched between his legs . |
| 29 | Hands clutched at my legs whilst the horse , thoroughly alarmed , reared , flailing his iron-shod hooves . |
| 30 | They all had their hands tied behind their backs and one prisoner was in his underwear . |