Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [pos pn] hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | I woke suddenly with my hand on my piece . |
| 2 | He touched one of the pots gently with his hand and then hastily took it away . |
| 3 | Now , gently with your hand and I mean gently , |
| 4 | Theda sat on the bed and took the fingers gently into her hand . |
| 5 | But it was true that he had forgotten , in the turmoil of Famagusta and Sigouri and the turbulent wake of the Bastard , that there was another régime which lay entirely under his hand , orderly , productive and satisfying to heart and head . |
| 6 | Alexei felt Siban 's wrist bones grate together under his hand , and he eased the pressure he was exerting , ashamed at his use of force against an old man . |
| 7 | It was as if he were a sheet of paper torn into many little pieces which she felt she had to cover entirely with her hand , but could not , however hard she tried , because the wind always blew a few of the pieces from between her fingers or from the edge of her palm . |
| 8 | She snatched it eagerly from his hand and began to eat with great relish . |
| 9 | which curtsied gently in her hand |
| 10 | To begin with we used what paper , pens and pencils we could put together from our hand luggage and from among the belongings left in the house that we had been bundled into . |
| 11 | But as soon as he cursed himself for being taken in last night by Isabel 's distress , two insistent memories shook his belief that it had been an act put on for his benefit : the way she had clung fiercely to his hand when they had passed the dungeons , her grip almost painfully strong , and the stricken expression on her face when he had ordered her to strip . |
| 12 | Sometimes he worked in his room and painted a haunting portrait of Rachel Osterlind , her cheek resting gently on her hand , as a thank-you to his hosts . |
| 13 | Lamarr jumped back dropping the broken pieces and with blood all over his hand and face . |
| 14 | you had to belt the players so hard that you ended up with small bruises all over your hand from where their heads indented . |
| 15 | He smiled thinly , looking pointedly at her hand , and she let it drop to her side . |
| 16 | Christina shooed them away with her hand . |
| 17 | And here on his desk , just under his hand , was another message from Jean to bear out this thought : Chief Inspector Salter is very anxious to see you . |
| 18 | Jazzbeaux grabbed the old woman 's hair , and it came away in her hand . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He leaned over to free it but a wing came away in his hand . |
| 22 | It came away in his hand and tinkled to the counter . |
| 23 | A fierce , terrified elation raced through her veins as her eyes fell on the knife only an inch away from her hand . |
| 24 | Exercising all the self-restraint of which she was capable , she pulled herself away from his hand and pointed across to the Giudecca . |
| 25 | It was then cut away from his hand in hospital under general anaesthetic . |
| 26 | Sally-Anne wrenched her arm away from his hand , stopped , and turned to face him , regardless of interested spectators . |
| 27 | She twisted away from his hand , but he caught hold of her arm as she tried to push past him , swinging her round to face him , pulling her against him . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | He strode briskly down the blue-carpeted corridor , the apartment keys already in his hand . |