Example sentences of "hand [conj] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When not working , he was playing sport , busy with his hands or training his dog . |
| 2 | Interviews with local people in the state of Tamil Nadu revealed increased incidences of unconsciousness , vomiting and other physical symptoms among people using pesticides ; a decrease in soil fertility and numbers of earthworms and insects ; and the prevalence of a range of unsafe practices in the use of pesticides ( such as mixing them with bare hands or using old containers for food storage ) . |
| 3 | When we were shown into the chargé 's office , I studiously avoided shaking hands or having any eye contact , determined to alert him to the fact that I understood and respected their religious customs , in the hope that it might make a difference . |
| 4 | Can you do a sit-up without using your hands or anchoring your toes ? |
| 5 | The signal for ( 1 ) could be clapping your hands or banging a drum or tambourine . |
| 6 | It should also be noted that loose feeding by hand or throwing device almost always involves a certain degree of ‘ spread ’ . |
| 7 | Wet sand can be moulded , either by hand or using buckets , spades or moulds . |
| 8 | Stony-faced Lucenzo seated her in an opulently covered settle and knelt down in front of her , holding her hands and looking thunderous . |
| 9 | Shannon started to shake , hearing again the playground taunts , seeing the looks in the eyes of the children as they danced about her , holding hands and chanting , keeping her captive in the middle of the circle . |
| 10 | I was nursing my mug of tea with both hands and taking short sips of the very hot liquid when a Commando arrived at the trench , stating that he had come to take Sid 's place on the Bren gun . |
| 11 | Frederick was leaning on his pitchfork , apparently listening to Mister Johnny who was waving his small hands and gabbling . |
| 12 | The same reader also saw the conga-line of Repo Men that followed him , tittering into their hands and nudging one another . |
| 13 | Wynne-Jones ignored her worried look and continued to touch her , cradling her face in his hands and touching her lips with his fingers . |
| 14 | He smiled , holding the hollowed column lovingly between his hands and smoothing his fingers over the spiralling pattern of the wu-tu , the ‘ five noxious creatures ’ — toad , scorpion , snake , centipede and gecko — then drew it on , easing himself into its oiled soft-leather innards and fastening its leather straps about his waist . |
| 15 | Minnie fell on her knees beside the bed , holding her mother 's hands and murmuring , ‘ Oh , Ma , it 's me , Minnie . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ The film shows a woman throwing all inhibitions away , taking the law into her own hands and enjoying it , having fun , ’ says Winner . |
| 17 | Then , clutching his belly with both hands and sucking his buttocks tightly together , he made one more panic-stricken dash for the little cubicle . |
| 18 | It would be a great help to all our officers in planning future strategies ( and probably of considerable interest to you ) if you could enlist the help of your class members to complete the enclosed survey ( either by photocopying the form and filling in one each or by a show of hands and entering the total numbers ) Please let Pat Palmer have the results at or before the Reunion on 19th November . |
| 19 | Taking a firm stand against her own silliness definitely helped , and she was able to return to the veranda holding the kit in steady hands and wearing a cheerful smile . |
| 20 | He squeaked out brief remarks then walked round shaking hands and wearing badges reading : ‘ Sorry I ca n't talk ’ and ‘ You did a good job . ’ |
| 21 | The Foreign Office minister , Mr Francis Maude dismissed the Opposition 's bitter criticism of last week 's deportations , saying it came from those who could stand on the sidelines wringing their hands and decrying what was done . |
| 22 | She had lost weight before the wedding ; that was only to be expected — but the girl moving through the crowds , shaking hands and accepting flowers , looked positively transparent . |
| 23 | Benjamin 's shoulders shook as he controlled the bubble of laughter , but Henry sat back , clapping his hands and grinning from ear to ear like some bloody cat . |
| 24 | A large group in the opposite corner had erupted into laughter at just the right moment , to mask the sound of her action , however , and even those who had seen and heard were simply hiding slightly shocked and curious smiles behind polite hands and pretending to go on with their talk . |
| 25 | He came to her , taking her hands and drawing her to her feet , just standing there looking down at her as she found herself quite incapable of resisting . |
| 26 | During one date in Malibu they sat holding hands and gazing into one another 's eyes , according to witnesses . |
| 27 | An uncomfortable pause while he sat forward on the sofa holding his coffee cup in both hands and gazing into it as if he was waiting for some kind of chemical reaction . |
| 28 | She kept clapping her hands and unleashing her imperious Italian . |
| 29 | Typically for the Piaroa , the women are not warned against seeing the instruments with a threat of rape ; rather , it is said that if a woman should see the flutes , the entire village must commit mass suicide by joining hands and jumping off a cliff ( and I must admit that their reasoning on this is not clear to me ) . |
| 30 | She tried to slide past him but he swung round with her , catching both her hands and holding her in front of him . |