Example sentences of "hands as [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although these were originally marketed specifically as facsimiles , few collectors have ever seen an original ‘ Sun ’ , and they have since tended to change hands as if they were genuine ( 42 ) . |
| 2 | Most of them did nothing about it but hurried on , some scowling , one , a child , making a face at the camera , holding up his hands as if they were big ears and waggling his fingers . |
| 3 | Obediently , they bowed their heads and he dusted his hands as if they had been contaminated . |
| 4 | He was only gone a minute , and when he returned , it was with a couple in their fifties who were holding hands as if they were desperately hanging on to reality . |
| 5 | The superintendent sighed and turned the paper round and round in her hands as if it were a visual conundrum that could be solved by approaching the problem from an unexpected angle . |
| 6 | The army officer was back , his uniform cap in his hands as if he was in a church . |
| 7 | I do n't want to know , I wo n't know said Sally as she put her hands put out her hands as if she was fending Daryl off , I hate you Daryl Rivers , you with , you with your mother who comes to see you often , sends you things and writes you long letters and comes to see you . |