Example sentences of "[adv] hands " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wore no make-up and no rings on her freckly hands . |
| 2 | Soon a dozen or so hands were raised and after their names had been written down and details of what their duties would involve the meeting was brought to a close . |
| 3 | For the rest it 's just like English numbers they say So hands up who can work out what twenty three will be . |
| 4 | 11am : A BBC worker personally hands tape to Thames TV for ITV network after travelling by taxi to the company in the capital 's Euston Road . |
| 5 | You 've actually learnt something , hands down hands down . |
| 6 | Dana always sat with his legs wide apart , as if inviting the touch of eyes , if not hands . |
| 7 | Since dogs have paws and not hands , ‘ him ’ can only refer to the vet ; and since , on configurational grounds , ‘ he ’ and ‘ him ’ can not co-refer , ‘ he ’ must refer to the dog . |
| 8 | It seemed to his slow , sleep-sodden mind , that there were hundreds of the horrid things and that they were all bearing down on him , a rushing curtain of green and gold and brown , with here and there wild , menacing eyes and reaching , clutching hands that were not hands at all , but nasty , skeletal twigs . |
| 9 | The wild golden eyes and the pitiless faces of the naiads and dryads and hamadryads loomed over him , hands that were not hands but branches , reaching for him , pinioning him down . |
| 10 | Just si now just ge just hands down for just one minute please . |
| 11 | If all possible resolved logical forms are deemed implausible , CLE-I finally hands to the plausibility checker a special symbol denoting that there are no more interpretations available . |
| 12 | Later still hands loosened her collar . |
| 13 | Keep some hand cream near the kitchen sink as well as the bathroom basin , so that a dab is put on whenever hands have been in water . |
| 14 | Keep both hands close together on the grip throughout the stroke . |
| 15 | Nursing my mug of tea in both hands and feeling the warmth of the rum through my body , the thought crossed my mind as I watched the mortar team sitting on the grass in front of me , ‘ What if the Germans discovered where we were , and got our range ? |
| 16 | It would droop lower and lower until it rested on her knees , then she would clasp her knees with both hands and rock herself , backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , moaning , her face hidden in her skid . |
| 17 | As you move both hands forward or backwards which arm takes more weight ? |
| 18 | If you use both hands on the boom to run through the shallows it will only need an awkward gust or wave to rip the sail from your grasp . |
| 19 | History never had the heart to tell him that great keepers use both hands . |
| 20 | Take hold of your calves with both hands and squeeze them together quite hard , using the muscles in your arms . |
| 21 | Sitting with legs outstretched , take hold of your calves with both hands and squeeze them together quite hard , using the muscles in your arms . |
| 22 | Sitting with legs outstretched , take hold of your calves with both hands and squeeze them together quite hard , using the muscles in your arms . |
| 23 | Sitting with legs outstretched and together , take hold of your calves with both hands and squeeze them together quite hard . |
| 24 | Sitting with legs outstretched , take hold of your calves with both hands and squeeze them together . |
| 25 | Sitting with legs outstretched , take hold of your calves with both hands and squeeze them together . |
| 26 | Sitting with legs outstretched , take hold of your calves with both hands and squeeze them together . |
| 27 | Sitting with legs outstretched , take hold of your calves with both hands and squeeze them together . |
| 28 | Sitting with legs outstretched , take hold of your calves with both hands and squeeze them together . |
| 29 | Sitting with legs outstretched , take hold of your calves with both hands and squeeze them together . |
| 30 | Suddenly he 'd arch his back like a twig in a furnace , scraping his stockinged feet for purchase , then take his head in both hands and try to smash it on the floor , only prevented by the cushions . |