Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pos pn] hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it changed from green to amber the current intensified sharply and before he could stop himself Graham instinctively jerked his hand off the pad . |
| 2 | Kate instinctively grasped his hand . |
| 3 | Miss Jarman came into the middle of the kitchen for a closer look at Jess , then suddenly slapping her hand down on the corner of the big floury table said : ‘ What d' you say to letting me pay whatever she owes ? |
| 4 | She did notice that the nice little woman had gently squeezed her hand when Dr Neil was being at his most dictatorial over men 's right to beat their wives . |
| 5 | This leads to the irresistible urge to reach out and grasp hold only to find your hand passing through these images of solid light . |
| 6 | When the party eventually broke up Ross merely lifted her hand to his lips , before leaving to join his parents at their hotel , some miles away . |
| 7 | When Kirk Douglas became a target for a drunkard in a bar who 'd seen Douglas as the boxer in Champion , Kirk merely slammed his hand on the bar and shouted , ‘ Anyone in this bar can lick me in a fight , ’ and the drunkard backed off . |
| 8 | And Put in the hand just literally put your hand in and get something to eat . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Is he merely to proffer his hand and lead her into a stately minuet ? |
| 11 | She would have talked on , but Wynne-Jones had suddenly pushed his hand against her mouth . |
| 12 | ‘ There will be no next time , ’ Isabel got out , desperately trying to keep her breathing steady while she struggled unavailingly to free her hand . |
| 13 | He suddenly captured her hand and placed it where it had been before , over the steady beat of his heart . |
| 14 | ‘ So I should have imagined , ’ said Gildas , gently withdrawing his hand , ‘ it 's hardly news . |
| 15 | Anyone foolish enough to put their hand into the liquid suffers one automatic Wound per round of contact , regardless of armour and Toughness . |
| 16 | He had the roads to Ruthyn and Denbigh under his eye from this eyrie , and Mold was not too far for a raid if the weather and the omens were good ; but since his active autumn of last year he had contented himself with holding and consolidating , and swooped down in the occasional raid along the border only to keep his hand in for greater things if the season should indicate the necessity . |
| 17 | There is a mystic , psychic quality about them that is pleasantly disturbing , and often one of them will gently take my hand and gaze steadily into my eyes as if willing me better and I feel sort of honoured to be welcomed into their society . |
| 18 | If a marble statue of the Virgin Mary suddenly waved its hand at us we should treat it as a miracle , because all our experience and knowledge tells us that marble does n't behave like that . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | I see I could do it by degrees ; it only blistered my hand in two places . |
| 21 | After a moment he gently took my hand and moved it away , saying nothing . |
| 22 | Melanie smelt the cloying plastic of Finn 's coat and impulsively took his hand , for company . |
| 23 | She was afraid she might have a problem getting rid of him — not altogether sure she wanted to — but in the lobby he merely took her hand and raised it to his lips . |
| 24 | His hands dropped from her shoulders , and he did not speak , merely took her hand and pulled her after him , striding back up the path at a rapid pace so that she was hard pressed to keep up . |
| 25 | Other children reach out for them nervously , only to have their hand lightly slapped by their mother . |
| 26 | but that 's only putting his hand out without being brutal about it , that 's not as dangerous as being coming out entirely from behind the shield . |
| 27 | Right , but the way you 're describing the process it seems I get an image of someone gently putting his hand on the collar |
| 28 | Juliet gently removed his hand from her hair . |
| 29 | Even if they did not , he had reason enough to stay his hand . |
| 30 | Gioella impatiently removed his hand from her necklace and , standing up , said , ‘ Come , Constance , let us leave these silly men . |