Example sentences of "hand [conj] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should they then turn around to bite the hand that takes down their volunteered confessions , they will fail . |
| 2 | He smiled and made a little admiring gesture with his hand that took in Lepine 's well-cut linen suit , his handmade shoes and silk shirt . |
| 3 | He reined in his horse and made a gesture with one hand that took in the flat dead wasteland and the strangled trees and the black barrenness . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He 'd had time to wash his hands and take off his rubber gloves and apron . |
| 6 | There were three soldiers for every nun ; they tied our hands and took us to a small room , two soldiers pushing each nun . |
| 7 | The man dried his hands and took the phone through to Boy , then walked back into the kitchen . |
| 8 | He had revealed a capacity for giving with one hand and taking away with the other . |
| 9 | However , the act gave with one hand and took away with another : for it also removed a tax credit for investment and the possibility of accelerating the write-down against tax of depreciation . |
| 10 | Philip put out his other hand and took hold of his collar . |
| 11 | I walk with a frame so Karen gave me a hand and took me round and introduced me to people . ’ |
| 12 | He surveyed Jess , then extended one hand and took her shirt between finger and thumb . |
| 13 | Jess found the money , pressed it into his hand and took a backward look to see if there was the chance of a run for the doors . |
| 14 | Then she reached out a hand and took hold of her water-jug . |
| 15 | She said nothing but put out her hand and took the envelope . |
| 16 | The girl stretched out a hand and took a fold of Fatima 's dress between her fingers . |
| 17 | The Bishop reached out a casual hand and took it . |
| 18 | She swallowed hard , then stretched out her hand and took it . |
| 19 | Auguste reached out his hand and took hers . |
| 20 | Ken bought him a train ticket , put some cash in his hand and took him to a nearby restaurant |
| 21 | I used to play with it until it licked my hand and took the skin off . |
| 22 | Andy sucks breath , staring at me ; he pulls his trousers up , then he puts out his hand and takes the branch from me . |
| 23 | Keith drops her hand and takes a packet of tissues out of his pocket . |
| 24 | The Bill gives protection with one hand and takes it away with the other . |
| 25 | Yes that seems to me to fit that sort of bill , erm to be quite honest I would prefer that we base the promises on a previous paper that T six six one , er you know , sort of er typical success of the fact looking forward cos at least erm that 's not so erm , you know , sort of difficult to erm you know achieve as erm sort of repairing potholes within , when you consider that the reason that the potholes do n't get mended is because government legislation has it that we have to actually erm have lines painted all round them , so that they can be part of the package of er road mending in many cases , I mean urgently erm difficult ones are not that common er so I think that perhaps some of these promises are so difficult because it gives with one hand and takes back with the other , you know , it says we promise , but , I , I would say that 's not much of a promise , you say I promise to erm , you know , erm merge , I forgot about , but if it said but , you know , if it rains I wo n't tell you , er it would be very sad |
| 26 | Hold this left transfer tool in your left hand and take the three stitches at right of centre on to the second transfer tool in the same way . |
| 27 | Our Tory MP did jump off his LandRover to shake my hand and take one of my leaflets the other day , but as far as I could tell I was the only voter he met that morning . |
| 28 | To the third Club trick you throw away your 7 of Hearts from hand and take the trick with the Ace of Clubs in dummy . |
| 29 | And it seemed to her that for a moment his eyes ensnared her , as though he had reached out a hand and taken hold of her . |
| 30 | A woman escaped uninjured but another man was burned on the hand and taken to Broadford Hospital , Skye . |