Example sentences of "the [adv] [adj] hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | He reached across and brushed the suddenly still hand in her lap . |
| 2 | In the case of another very early practitioner , Psiax , who also worked with Andokides but whose stylistic links are with Lydos and Amasis rather than Exekias , the highly distinctive hand is unmistakable in both techniques . |
| 3 | Cedric grinned his sad , lopsided grin , removed the somewhat disturbing hand , and looked at her — her upper and lower lips of almost equal thickness , moist and parted , and temptingly squashable . |
| 4 | Ashton described the innocence , piety and wonder of the Bride at the event to be when he created the exquisitely detailed hand movements in The Wise Virgins , as he did for La Péri and Madame Chrysanthème . |
| 5 | Rather does Karajan seem to remind them at every point of what they had agreed on in countless hours of common endeavour ; and his movements — chiefly of the baton-less left hand — are functional , not in the least demonic . |