Example sentences of "[prep] our hands " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government 's decision to deport him is regrettable , but the matter is out of our hands . ’ |
| 2 | There are only two cards in each of our hands , labelled COOPERATE and DEFECT . |
| 3 | For most of the way , though , the comprehensive guide was rarely out of our hands . |
| 4 | So instead what I did was — you remember making outlines of our hands in kindergarten ? |
| 5 | Whereas there was a sense of helplessness , politically , when I was growing up , as if all the power was out of our hands . |
| 6 | STANLEY TOOLS are offering £100 worth of Stanley and Rabone tools as shown below for the winner of our Hands On competition for readers ' tips . |
| 7 | and before we know it it is out of our hands : |
| 8 | If there are any medical reports to do , we 'll get them done as soon as possible but you know , a is that 's very much out of our hands , and |
| 9 | Our constituents look to us to obtain redress ; if the only satisfaction that we can give them is to say that the matter is out of our hands , it will not be long before they begin to wonder why they voted for us at all . |
| 10 | Although we will use every endeavour to bring your case to a rapid conclusion , most causes of delay are out of our hands . |
| 11 | The real answer is out of our hands , but until the rivers fill up we can help . |
| 12 | Well it 's out of our hands . |
| 13 | But er like I said , the fluing part of it , is , is out of our hands . |
| 14 | that we all vote just this once and get rid of it out of our hands into the place where it belongs the House of Commons . |
| 15 | Faced with those kind of possible reductions in service , if there is a penny one penny more than necessary spent on administration and bureaucracy wherever it is in the youth and community programme that is gon na be less money for front line vision and the Labour group can have to think very , very carefully about that and the issue is gon na be that if we 're spending too much money or if they 're coming back to supplementary estimates which wo n't be available er given the financial situation next year if we 're having two heads of centres or whatever when we could have one that is gon na mean less money for front line services to the people of Highfields and there 'll only be one group that will be responsible for that , if that does come about and I think that 's something that we all need to bear in mind because what we were told as members of that committee is that the youth and community budget is gon na be in for some very serious times in the future and it 's mainly the government 's fault because of the way they 've decided to re-organise the situation it 's going out of our hands into the control of an unelected body and like most members of this council I think we would oppose that but that 's the reality of the situation and I could not support any increase of funds er for any community centres if I knew it was simply gon na be spent on administration . |
| 16 | It 's either a six-foot high with sharp edges f fridge freezer or a cooker which all the back 's got grease on and is sliding out of our hands as we carry it . |
| 17 | A few moments before he died he rubbed his cheek against our hands desperate for our touch , like a kitten or a very young baby ; in the next he was once again the brave young fighter pilot , and , in a curiously jaunty gesture he put his thumbs up , as though telling control tower he was ready now for take off . |
| 18 | Until recently we used to laugh behind our hands at the unfortunate women of the Soviet Union , who had to drive buses , work cranes and perform other heavy duties that have been a man 's prerogative since the beginning of time , due to an acute shortage of labour . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , Cousin Rory , ’ Crilly retorts , ‘ some of us here use other means to work with besides our hands ! ’ |
| 20 | Hopeless with our hands . |
| 21 | We eat , work and play with our hands and status can be determined by the rings we wear on them . |
| 22 | The cookhouse was only fifty yards away and was open from 12.30 pm to 1.30 pm ; at 1.15 pm we were still hobbling round the block in an abdominal crouch with our hands behind our heads . |
| 23 | We had two minutes to get into cover and walked round to the other side of the wall and crouched down with our hands over our ears and our helmets firmly strapped on . |
| 24 | Hitherto we 'd only seen their faces and spoken with our hands . |
| 25 | ‘ We will real Americans be and with our hands chicken eat , ’ the second man said . |
| 26 | We are all standing there with our hands on that table like it was a boat we were trying to launch in the river , so little Darius at the head looks up at us both and asks , ‘ Are you two gon na have this kiss or not ? ’ |
| 27 | We use gestures for emphasise normal conversation about what with our hands . |
| 28 | We do n't hear with our hands ! |
| 29 | It fell into our hands . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Friends , ’ she continued turning her back on him , ‘ by a miracle the settlement has fallen into our hands and I can tell you that the late Lord Chatwin left everything to his son and heir . ’ |