Example sentences of "hand as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You will see me tomorrow , ’ he answered , and we shook hands as we had taken to doing . |
| 2 | It 's either a six-foot high with sharp edges f fridge freezer or a cooker which all the back 's got grease on and is sliding out of our hands as we carry it . |
| 3 | The comb stilled in her hands as her heart began to knock . |
| 4 | Some people change their guard hands as they step , but this curtails the punch 's potential . |
| 5 | The congregation stood up and amiably shuffled out , shaking hands as they did so . |
| 6 | Jacqueline , naked as a fish , ran screaming with delight from room to room , slithering out of her sisters ' hands as they tried to catch her . |
| 7 | On the other hand , if we do n't do what the Russians wish there may be the danger that they will not be ready to co-operate in getting back speedily to us the British and other Allied prisoners who fall into their hands as they advance into Germany . |
| 8 | After Josh had gone to bed , they again sat on a rug before the fire with their backs to the broken-backed armchair , holding hands as they listened to a radio concert . |
| 9 | Ipuky sighed , flexing his hands as they lay at the edge of the table , and was silent for a long time . |
| 10 | ‘ An error , ’ he said slowly , eyeing her trembling hands as they twisted on her lap . |
| 11 | Frowning slightly , her face thoughtful , she moved her eyes to Leo 's large , capable hands as they revolved the egg-shaped carving . |
| 12 | So when he moved slightly to seek her soft lips with his own , blending predatory male purpose with the tenderness of a child seeking succour , she was lost , allowing him to possess her mouth , welcoming him with parted lips , mindlessly enjoying the sensation of his hands as they bound her to him , but not so hard that she could n't feel their trembling . |
| 13 | She felt the command of his hands as they moved apart her pliant thighs , the move of his body so that now he was almost there , almost hers . |
| 14 | He sat looking at his hands as they rested on the table , palms down , the fingers softly drumming . |
| 15 | He shrugged , feeding the steering-wheel expertly through his hands as they roared round a corner . |
| 16 | Walking back through the park , and carefully holding the children 's hands as they crossed the busy road , Laura found it almost impossible to ignore her friend 's sly suggestion . |
| 17 | She stopped his hands as they began to release the buttons . |
| 18 | and they 're all going down with their little cards in their hands as they |
| 19 | He began to beat at his head with his gloved hands as his face began to sink into the floor . |
| 20 | It often seems that there are as many ways of reading hands as there are palmists . |
| 21 | In a scheme that could have been inspired by Alkan 's Trois Grandes Etudes Op. 76 ( except that Alkan was virtually entirely unknown when the Eckhardt-Gramatté was composed ; moreover , Pisani 's notes explain the circumstances of its composition ) , the first movement is written for the left hand alone and the second movement for the right ; the Finale re-unites the hands as it unites the music , combining the substance of the first two movements . |
| 22 | SLIMLINE mum Deirdre Burton stopped a runaway one-ton Volvo with her hands as it rolled towards a crowd of youngsters . |
| 23 | ‘ I took my life in my hands as it was just now — telling you so much about myself and my life . ’ |
| 24 | I nearly broke a chair with my hands as I listened . |
| 25 | I stood by the open window and the dogs licked my hands as I listened . |
| 26 | There was a warm wind on my face and hands as I made my way towards Mr Marr 's place . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , I did n't think you would come , ’ she said , and laughed , not at all a confused laugh , but quiet , and at herself rather than at him , looking down at her cupped hands as she did so . |
| 28 | She came to help him , kissing him lightly and absently on the face , the neck , the hands as she unfastened it , and his belt , and the ties of his shirt . |
| 29 | He was in a rosy mood , kicking his legs and grabbing at her hands as she tried to get the material firmly round his podgy middle . |
| 30 | Again the Eldest Son 's wife served her , pouring water over her hands as she lathered the soap , the dirty water dropping through the perforated lid of the basin . |