Example sentences of "she [verb] a hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | She laid a hand on his arm . |
| 2 | She laid a hand on his arm , her eyes warm . |
| 3 | She laid a hand on Shannon 's arm . |
| 4 | She laid a hand on the dog 's woolly head ‘ Quiet , Hector ! ’ |
| 5 | She laid a hand on his arm and spoke quietly . |
| 6 | She laid a hand on Quigley 's shoulder . |
| 7 | She stifled a yawn as she laid a hand on Jake 's . |
| 8 | Then she laid a hand on Ronni 's arm and smiled into her pale face . |
| 9 | She laid a hand on his arm . |
| 10 | Her mouth fell open , and she clapped a hand over it . |
| 11 | A shape moved behind him , and magically she got a hand free . |
| 12 | A sloping garden need n't be an uphill struggle , as Pippa Greenwood discovered when she lent a hand to the Lloyds on camera |
| 13 | She passed a hand over her eyes . |
| 14 | Now when she needs a hand , Caroline turns to life chance . |
| 15 | She lifted a hand to touch it , thin and silken ; then looked up at Fand . |
| 16 | She lifted a hand to her hair . |
| 17 | She lifted a hand to her forehead and felt blood and grit . |
| 18 | She lifted a hand to shade her eyes and Martin Jackson 's face appeared on the backdrop of light , as if he were looking at her from the sun 's centre . |
| 19 | She lifted a hand to her face and wiped away a greasy sheen of sweat . |
| 20 | She lifted a hand to her head ; it was aching badly . |
| 21 | She lifted a hand to her head , pushing the wig off , everything a little foggy for a moment . |
| 22 | She lifted a hand , touching the hard slope of his dark cheek with gentle fingers , then the arrogant curve of his nose and the darkness of his unshaven jaw . |
| 23 | She lifted a hand to his , her fingers curving lovingly over the back of his wrist . |
| 24 | She lifted a hand to stop her husband , to grasp the knife . |
| 25 | She lifted a hand in acknowledgement , and this was all the encouragement he needed to come in . |
| 26 | She lifted a hand to touch his cheek in wonder and joy as he smiled tenderly down at her . |
| 27 | She dropped a hand on the child 's dark head and stared pleadingly at Julia . |
| 28 | She raised a hand . |
| 29 | As she raised a hand to wipe them away she noticed how deeply the dirt had eaten into her fingernails , so that they were not , and so long as she worked never would be , pink and sweet and shell-like . |
| 30 | She raised a hand to her breasts ; he stroked her fingers . |