Example sentences of "[adv] in [pos pn] hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | which curtsied gently in her hand |
| 2 | Jazzbeaux grabbed the old woman 's hair , and it came away in her hand . |
| 3 | She tries the front door , tugging at the knob until it almost comes away in her hand , before she remembers that Anya has pocketed the key ; the door by the sink proves equally unyielding . |
| 4 | She stared down at the disgusting mass as it came away in her hand for a moment and then she marched after him with pursed lips and a determined gleam in her eyes . |
| 5 | He leaned over to free it but a wing came away in his hand . |
| 6 | It came away in his hand and tinkled to the counter . |
| 7 | With memories of sailing planing dinghies still fresh in his mind , he wanted a boat that would surf down a tradewind roller with the tiller humming easily in his hand . |
| 8 | It was already in her hand before he spoke , and by the time the men came back with the table and pillows they were running in normal saline through a line in his hand . |
| 9 | He strode briskly down the blue-carpeted corridor , the apartment keys already in his hand . |
| 10 | His own revolver was already in his hand . |
| 11 | Yet Dr. Elliott is elsewhere in print ( on the back of an Abbey Records LP ) as maintaining as almost certain that Carver composed the superb anonymous 6-Part Mass , ‘ Cantate Domino , ’ intimately related musically to Fera Pessima , which survives in partbooks from Lincluden ( Dr. Elliott has edited it from performance , and declared it ‘ shows more assured technical command ’ than Fere Pessima itself ) ; while the Carver Choirbook itself contains a fine anonymous 3-Part Mass which several scholars have suspected to be genuine Carver — and which is moreover largely in his hand . |
| 12 | The Doctor stepped back from the device as Petion entered , but his welcoming words died on his lips as he saw the liveried servant who followed Petion in , a machete held loosely and comfortably in his hand with the certainty of one who knows how to use it . |
| 13 | To rejoice in the Lord is to have the unshakable confen confidence that he is always at hand , and that you and I are always in his hand no matter what happens . |
| 14 | I do n't need to tell him this because I am clutching them upright in my hand . |
| 15 | And once in your hand , a patent can be worth its weight in diamonds — so treat it with care and remember the case of Walter Hunt . |
| 16 | She drew in a deep breath ; then , the cloth still in her hand , she turned about and went into the kitchen . |
| 17 | Louise Taylor was asleep in the back , a half-eaten sandwich , made of chorny bread and salad , still in her hand . |
| 18 | Nicandra stood aside , the bruised gardenia still in her hand . |
| 19 | Alexandra said , and drifted from the room , the journal still in her hand . |
| 20 | Leith was sitting stunned , with her glasses still in her hand , when a minute later Jimmy rushed in with the papers he 'd been to collect . |
| 21 | She swung round , empty syringe still in her hand , and found herself staring at Robert Sheldrake . |
| 22 | As she said this , I could see the doctor putting on his mackintosh and hat in the hall and so went to him , the teapot still in my hand . |
| 23 | And I suppose it was instinct that had made me hang on to my thermometer ; the delicate tube was still in my hand . |
| 24 | The victim managed to reach a fire station with a Red-belly black snake coiled around his arm — its fangs still in his hand . |
| 25 | She looked at him standing there , half turned towards her , the photograph still in his hand , alert , enthusiastic and incredibly good-looking . |
| 26 | He had retracted the lockpick , but held it still in his hand . |
| 27 | White roses filled the room , one still in his hand . |
| 28 | With loud cries of ‘ Stop thief ! ’ , he ran after Oliver with the book still in his hand . |
| 29 | And then he took a step toward her , the dead flashlight still in his hand , and he said , ‘ I 'm sorry , you gave me a scare . |
| 30 | Benjamin was standing a few yards away from the church , the ladder still in his hand . |