Example sentences of "[vb past] with [pron] hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stopped with his hands full of water ; it dripped and fell in little runnels on the earth , but he did not notice . |
| 2 | Sitting up , he was overcome with one of those slow yawns that seem like a prolonged agony , which he stopped with his hand , murmuring , when sufficient oxygen had been inhaled , that he was not yet properly awake . |
| 3 | On his stomach , he paddled with his hands towards it . |
| 4 | Walter gestured with his hand . |
| 5 | Benjamin gestured with his hand . |
| 6 | She lingered with her hand on the door-knob . |
| 7 | He turned down all but a handful — ‘ the handful who came with their hands full , ’ said Lucie , meaning that they bribed their way in . |
| 8 | Although , in manners bound , he held and played with her hand for the rest of the drive home , he felt that he could have done instead with a nice talk about hunting . |
| 9 | The man heard or sensed him at the last moment and turned with his hands coming up to a fighting stance but Maxim feinted through them and hit him low in the stomach . |
| 10 | ‘ Later , ’ he said as he turned with his hand on the door into one of the sitting-rooms , ‘ I shall want a straight answer to my question . |
| 11 | Men who walked with their hands in their pockets slouched along . |
| 12 | Corbett indicated with his hand for him to stand still and be silent . |
| 13 | The Frenchman turned and beckoned with his hand . |
| 14 | She landed with her hands on his hips . |
| 15 | When the King fell ill he sent for Cranmer and died with his hand in that of the Archbishop . |
| 16 | She felt with her hands . |
| 17 | He felt with his hands the smooth , sleepy flesh and she took his mouth on hers , himself into her . |
| 18 | He heard himself moan , and felt with his hands : bedclothes . |
| 19 | The baby was kicking , at night Alan lay with his hand on her side and felt the repeated thrusting movements . |
| 20 | The origins of this view probably came from within the Board of Education under Morant who , together with his assistants , desired to bridge the gap between education and industry so as to create a ‘ balanced culture for the masses ’ with the schools providing pupils with ‘ meaning for the work they did with their hands ’ . |
| 21 | The next minute the grenade thrower appeared with his hands up . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh , you need n't be polite ; in fact , I would say to you ’ — she now paused with her hands on the table and stared up at him — ‘ please do n't be polite . |
| 23 | She moved to the parapet , and paused with her hand on the stonework . |
| 24 | Out came the remainder of the hambone , the cheese , the loaf , an unopened bottle of wine , then the blond man paused with his hand in the sack as though he were holding something . |
| 25 | Again the lilting voice cut through the darkness and the priest paused with his hand on the latch . |
| 26 | He waited with his hand on a knob , politely . |
| 27 | Mrs Diggory froze with her hands in the portmanteau , her eyes fearful . |
| 28 | Montgomery remained seated at the gleaming table , and motioned with his hand for Meryl to sit down opposite . |
| 29 | Siegfried 's jaw clenched tight for a moment then he motioned with his hand . |
| 30 | Without lifting his eyes from the book he was reading he groped with his hand to find it . |