Example sentences of "[adv] [art] hand " in BNC.
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1 | th you er I mean if it were very heavy you 'd almost sort of be prepared for it to go , but you know when you 're s s standing with a , something quite light , and you might have been standing with it a little while in your hand , and then suddenly the hand goes and ca n't you see that 's ve that 's very upsetting , it makes you not very confident . |
2 | Then all the young gentlemen came up to him and shook both his hands very hard , especially the hand which held his few possessions . |
3 | If , under its influence , normal physical functions could be suspended , perhaps the hand of death , too , could be stayed . |
4 | She had forgotten to bring her gloves and so the hand that she thrust out to break her fall sank into the cold , muddy turf . |
5 | But in the light of what has been said we can also see that it was of especial significance in emancipating , not merely the hand from locomotion , but the brain from its reliance on chemical stimuli mediated by the sense of smell . |
6 | He remembered only the hands . |
7 | But Danjit was only the hand that held the vibroblade . |
8 | Suddenly a hand slapped his shoulder . |
9 | Suddenly a hand shot up in the foreground of my view , something glistened purple in its fingers . |
10 | Clearly , this is very much a hands on training programme . |
11 | If cells in the progress zone of the mouse limb bud or the chick limb bud are damaged often merely a hand develops attached to the shoulder and this may provide a basis for understanding the effects of thalidomide . |
12 | It shows an exasperated Royal — we do n't know which , since only a hand is visible — wondering how to store the vast pile of gifts from a grateful Canada . |
13 | Ben eased forward until his face was pressed against the glass , watching Gosse slow his breathing and focus his whole being upon the blade resting only a hand 's length from his stomach . |
14 | ‘ You should be more careful , ’ he said , coming up to her , his fingers reaching up to smooth the horse 's flank only a hand 's length from her knee . |
15 | This time the boy set the stone down in the south , in shang , only a hand 's length from Tuan Ti Fo 's knee . |
16 | He prised away the hand , which still gripped his shoulder . |
17 | The softly spoken threat cut through the haze fogging her brain and she sat bolt upright , knocking away the hand that had been caressing her into submission almost without her realising it . |
18 | All too easily the hands move out a couple of inches from their position and then attack the ball from the outside . |
19 | Silvia had said she 'd be back some time before dinner , and already the hands of the clock were nudging seven . |
20 | With further outgrowth the radius and ulna develop within the inner mass of cells , then the wrist , and finally the hand with its digits . |
21 | The tongue , quoth he , which insulted you is no longer a tongue , and the hand which wronged you is no longer a hand . |
22 | Not very seriously — just a hand up her dress — but they felt they would prefer a better neighbourhood . |
23 | I quickly discovered that this fish was quite happy for me to take him in my hand , and from that day on I never used a net to catch him , just a hand and a plastic bowl to put him in . |
24 | But still the hand , |
25 | Contemporary reasons for continuing to build large barns included the view that grain was better housed in barns than in ricks and was always a hand to be threshed , while the cost of thatching ricks was avoided and savings were made by avoiding the double-handling generated by moving ricks to the barn for threshing . |
26 | And if that fails , and there is still no hand of man apparent in the removal , then it will be time to consider a rational judgement . |
27 | Although my hand may be bigger than a lot of people 's , it 's still a hand — it 's not a block of wood . |
28 | But our own food supply is being decimated around us and hardly a hand is being raised . |
29 | He had already shown his mettle on February 13 that year by leading what the Gable guide calls ‘ The archetypal Hard Severe ’ , namely the hand traverse variant on Pillar Rock 's North Climb . |
30 | Within this framework , the Conservatives wanted to retain a strong executive and to strengthen similarly the hands of private authorities , particularly the employer in dealing with the unions . |