Example sentences of "she [vb past] 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 | She lifted a hand to touch it , thin and silken ; then looked up at Fand . |
15 | She lifted a hand to her hair . |
16 | She lifted a hand to her forehead and felt blood and grit . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | She lifted a hand to her face and wiped away a greasy sheen of sweat . |
19 | She lifted a hand to her head ; it was aching badly . |
20 | She lifted a hand to her head , pushing the wig off , everything a little foggy for a moment . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | She lifted a hand to his , her fingers curving lovingly over the back of his wrist . |
23 | She lifted a hand to stop her husband , to grasp the knife . |
24 | She lifted a hand in acknowledgement , and this was all the encouragement he needed to come in . |
25 | She lifted a hand to touch his cheek in wonder and joy as he smiled tenderly down at her . |
26 | She dropped a hand on the child 's dark head and stared pleadingly at Julia . |
27 | She raised a hand . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | She raised a hand to her breasts ; he stroked her fingers . |
30 | She raised a hand to touch the place , as if by such an action she might capture the feeling forever . |