Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] [pron] hand [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children should always wash their hands before handling food , particularly if they 've recently been in contact with pets . |
| 2 | And — just for ten minutes , ten or fifteen minutes , and the others stay with me , and we 'll just try our hands at a couple of |
| 3 | You might even try your hand at designing your own . |
| 4 | Although I do seem to remember a little scene after you 'd carelessly cut your hand at the fountain , when I mentioned a few more personal attributes that were to my liking . ’ |
| 5 | God , if I could just get my hands on the bastards who did that to your house ! |
| 6 | Her sense of its deliberate concealment was overwhelmingly strong-it had been placed out of sight , but in a place where its owner could easily put his hand on it . |
| 7 | One such gillie , towards the end of his career , carried out his duties more by instinct than by reason : he had always been shortsighted , but , nearing retirement , he could hardly see his hand in front of his face . |
| 8 | Adult women could often turn their hand to more than one form of casual employment . |
| 9 | When she walked into a village the Africans would often clap their hands in a reverential way . |
| 10 | Times when he would absentmindedly lay his hand on her shoulder , or stroke a wayward curl from her cheek . |
| 11 | Thingol , Luthien 's father , is so enraged that a mortal should dare to woo his daughter that he says he will only give her hand to Beren if he will wrest one of the Silmarils , or enchanted jewels , from the iron crown of the dark lord Margoth . |
| 12 | Try this simple test : if you can easily slide your hand under the small of your back , the bed is probably too firm , but if it 's difficult the bed is probably too soft |
| 13 | to put it on he can just put his hand behind it . |
| 14 | Right let's just quick , can I use , have you got a cloth , I can just wipe her hands with ? |
| 15 | You can hardly see your hand in front of your face and er I mean there was no way to fight the fire , so I mean all we could do was sort of stand back and look 'cos we were up There was about At that stage there was twenty or thirty of us standing in this north west corner of the platform . |
| 16 | She can also turn her hand to mending and spotting . |
| 17 | For the more adventurous , you can even try your hand at rock climbing in Going . |
| 18 | With Isaac God can look forward to a world over which he can again clap his hands in delight . |
| 19 | With plenty they can actually get their hands on all the children find a favourite toy . |