Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the rest it 's just like English numbers they say So hands up who can work out what twenty three will be . |
| 2 | She needs both hands to carry the tray with the acupuncture needles on it . |
| 3 | Place both hands on your hips . |
| 4 | Place both hands on your hips and lean to your right side . |
| 5 | It is close physical contact with another individual , involving touching , stroking and caressing , and mutual stimulation using both hands and mouth . |
| 6 | A good safety feature — the front handle trigger mechanism keeps both hands on the machine |
| 7 | She did the bending and the kneeling , and they worked together hand in glove . |
| 8 | ’ Gabriel , having both hands round the playmaster 's wrist , managed to pull his face free of the spread of fingers . |
| 9 | If you use both hands on the boom to run through the shallows it will only need an awkward gust or wave to rip the sail from your grasp . |
| 10 | History never had the heart to tell him that great keepers use both hands . |
| 11 | To the outside of the frame were attached wrist straps making it possible to support the instrument and use both hands in a performance . |
| 12 | Keep both hands close together on the grip throughout the stroke . |
| 13 | Quality and efficiency go firmly hand in hand . |
| 14 | The boy gave a neck bow but offered neither hand nor eye to Theodora . |
| 15 | He turns and sees me and nods , then puts both hands beside his head . |
| 16 | The effect of increasing task difficulty may be confined to one hand or affect both hands . |
| 17 | A tip regarding the ribber comb : After the zig-zag row , push the comb return up between the two beds as high as it will go and , from the top , fix on two modern style bulldog clips ( 40p each ) to hold the comb firmly in position and leave both hands free to thread the wire through the comb . |
| 18 | As you move both hands forward or backwards which arm takes more weight ? |
| 19 | It is often not needed and because sometimes you require both hands free to clamber over slippery rocks , with sharp barnacle-encrusted boulders as the only hand-hold , superfluous equipment is to be avoided . |
| 20 | Paper is best reserved for drying particularly hand drying . |
| 21 | Lucker and I return silently hand in hand to the apartment . |
| 22 | Either way it leaves both hands free to turn or serve the food . |
| 23 | In the early years they manufactured and supplied both hand and machine knitting yarns in natural fibres , principally wool and mohair . |