Example sentences of "[adv] hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rope swayed a little as he went down hand over hand , then he was on the ground and the rope went still again as he held it fast and turned his face up to her . |
| 2 | We nailed down hand model Sara Francis and discovered some well-kept secrets : |
| 3 | She did the bending and the kneeling , and they worked together hand in glove . |
| 4 | Roger from Ramsey was driving , and a good enough hand with horses and wagons , but what chance did he have with the pair of them drawing on him ? |
| 5 | And , he was an old enough hand to know that nobody else in the room wanted to know the answer . |
| 6 | The fact that the car must be returned at the end of the hire term means that the range of adaptation is limited to those that can be easily attached and removed , eg hand controls , wheelchair hoists , rotating seats , etc . |
| 7 | but there again it 's only hand feed , you 've , you got to have a , a machine that can feed on to take this tubing |
| 8 | No you ca n't , you , you only have , you can only hand write . |
| 9 | merrily hand in hand , |
| 10 | decorative mirror , with or without a frame , is the type you would normally hand on a bedroom or living room wall , or perhaps over a mantlepiece to reflect the room . |
| 11 | As befits such a highly desirable collection , each plate is individually hand numbered and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity bearing the same number , thus establishing each plate 's place in the edition . |
| 12 | I took a breath and pulled myself hand over hand down the curtain , seeking to find the bottom of it with my feet : and there was indeed a gap between the bottom edge of the curtain and the mud , but only a matter of inches , and there was clutter down there , unidentifiable , pressing against the barrier , trying to get past it . |
| 13 | Rebels ‘ would not hand over general ’ |
| 14 | White House officials insist this is a misunderstanding ; US interest in the coup evaporated rapidly when the rebels made it clear that they would not hand over Noriega . |
| 15 | He did not hand out sayings of Jesus in a little red book , or give them Christmas presents . |
| 16 | But Selznick knew that he could not hand over the selection process to assistants . |
| 17 | Do not hand over the job of introducing formal appraisal to the personnel or organizational experts . |
| 18 | For another , it does not hand out new cars as it used to . |
| 19 | ‘ The Queen is in good health and will not hand over to him in the foreseeable future unless her health suddenly deteriorates . |
| 20 | The Harlow Labour councillor was worried that children who did not hand in the piece of paper , or those who gave wrongly filled-in forms , would be turned away . |
| 21 | He could also make an error of judgement in his choice of sailors , at least one of whom turned on him the moment they were inside the door and threatened to beat him up if he did not hand over money . |
| 22 | DSS officers do not hand out money lightly , but look for evidence to support claims . |
| 23 | It is important that we do not hand to our successors decisions made at the end of a dying Parliament ; we should leave them to take the decisions in future . |
| 24 | I would not hand this in to my superior lest I would become a victim of the purges myself . |
| 25 | To complicate the issue , the American government may soon hand over responsibility for operating the weather craft to private industry instead ( New Scientist , 17 March , p 706 ) . |
| 26 | Be there when our enforcement officers finally hand Arni Sacknussen the writ for desertion and five years back payments for maintenance . |
| 27 | Only when the cells leave the zone do some begin to differentiate into cartilage ; and , as just stated , the cartilage elements are laid down in a proximo-distal sequence — first humerus , then radius and ulna , and only then wrist , and finally hand . |
| 28 | The seller may physically hand over the goods . |
| 29 | Right , what I want to do now is just hand out , before you press any other keys , sort of hand out some some sheets on er critical values . |
| 30 | ‘ Just hand over the jade , and I 'll get out of your life . |