Example sentences of "[adv] hold [pos pn] hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gently held her hand on the table . |
| 2 | The missionary gently held my hand . |
| 3 | Leonora felt better once she was in the taxi , particularly since Penry not only held her hand , but kept his arm round her for the entire journey , taking her mind very successfully off the evening ahead by the sheer joy of just being with him after a week apart . |
| 4 | Just hold my hand and turn as if you were turning a door handle . |
| 5 | Prudently , ‘ Stocky ’ had not attended her , just held her hand . |
| 6 | The man still holds my hand tightly . |
| 7 | ‘ They just vanished , ’ he said , and , still holding her hand , sat down beside her . |
| 8 | And then realizing he was still holding her hand , she gently disengaged it . |
| 9 | He was still holding her hand , his fingers moving against hers , the action an odd mix of soothing and exciting . |
| 10 | ‘ Thank you , ’ she said , wondering why he was still holding her hand . |
| 11 | He was still holding her hand and once again lifted it to his lips to brush his mouth across the back of it . |
| 12 | We sat looking at each other , he still holding my hand . |
| 13 | Buff was still holding my hand . |
| 14 | Philip is still holding my hand , and I say nothing . |
| 15 | She thought , men are always holding my hand these days . |
| 16 | He still held her hand against his pulse and she wanted to replace it with her mouth ; wanted to trail her fingers across his warm flesh , and the need to deny herself made her shake . |
| 17 | He still held her hand . |
| 18 | Yet he still held her hand , and she grasped it gratefully until they came to an open area where there was a fallen tree trunk . |
| 19 | It was a bittersweet time but he still held my hand going to school . |
| 20 | He still held his hand against his battered side ; it was black and swollen . |
| 21 | He was just Margaret 's old chum who had loaned me a shoulder and was still metaphorically holding my hand . |
| 22 | Now holding her hand like a shy and trusting child . |
| 23 | He would often hold her hand when they were at large gatherings : it was , one friend wrote , " very touching " . |
| 24 | Or would he cautiously hold his hand , there in the East March , as he had done before Perth , until he saw which side seemed to be winning , and then join it ? |
| 25 | Sally Ward was better able to comfort him than anyone else , yet it seemed to the family that she did little but simply hold his hand . |
| 26 | Come here hold my hand Aha properly ! |
| 27 | Hold my hand nicely sweetheart , there 's a good girl we 're coming up to a busy road in a minute and it 's dangerous Walk nicely darling , there 's a good girl walk nicely just stand still a minute sweetheart hold my hand Charlotte please hold my hand there 's a good girl . |
| 28 | He then held my hand and pushed £5 into my palm . |
| 29 | Maeve heard him out , quietly holding his hand . |