Example sentences of "in his hand [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1	At last he was freed , and gritting his teeth , Jack took the small forearm firmly in his hands and lifted it quickly off the last spike .
2	Crawford scooped up the suds in his hands and put them back in the machine — through the open door .
3	And and Chris has just put his head in his hands and said I ca n't do it .
4	Drachenfels moved among them , laughing as he squeezed heads in his hands and shattered them like rotted fruits .
5	‘ God , you 're beautiful , ’ he muttered fiercely , holding one breast in his hands and raising it to his mouth .
6	Ken bought him a train ticket , put some cash in his hand and took him to a nearby restaurant
7	Perhaps he thought that if he made a success of the concert party , word would get around amongst show business that here was someone to keep an eye on , and his big chance might come ; that someone important in the music world might come up to him with a contract in his hand and sign him up for the next ten years as a successor to Sir Malcolm Sargeant .
8	Miguel took her chin in his hand and tipped her face up towards him .
9	A pyjama-clad Vice-Admiral Hawkins , propped up on the pillows of his bunk , glowered at the message in his hand and passed it across to Denholm .
10	He pulled a scrap of meat from the cutlet in his hand and tossed it into the air .
11	He picked some up in his hand and crumbled it .
12	Denis , leaning over , half-raised from the chair , grabbed it in his hand and read it .
13	He discovered the cigarette in his hand and examined it as if it were a mistake .
14	Piers was staring at her , and he finally caught her chin in his hand and turned her to face him .
15	He looked down at the discod still clenched in his hand and threw it impulsively into the pillar of light .
16	The small boat skipper then holds the sensor in his hand and moves it round to pinpoint the source accurately .

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