Example sentences of "[pron] hand at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's time to try my hand at the settled life . |
| 2 | The woman whose title had baffled Eileen waved her hand at the other girl dismissively . |
| 3 | It is precisely this sort of arrangement — ‘ rooms had been taken there because they were to start by an early train on that line in the morning ’ — that leads to a fraught dinner party for Clara Amedroz and the two rivals for her hand at the Great Northern Hotel , King 's Cross , in Anthony Trollope 's The Belton Estate ( 1865 ) . |
| 4 | As his fingers casually brushed her neck Laura froze , her nails biting into the palms of her hands at the sudden , shuddering quiver that zigzagged like lightning through her tired body . |
| 5 | They include a party of German businessmen , keen to try their hand at the traditional Highland Games sports of shot-putting and caber-tossing , and a group of Australians . |
| 6 | This month , RICHARD SMITH tries his hand at the new Acrylix brushes from Pro Arte . |
| 7 | Guinness tried his hand at the new Porter with rather more success than his fellow Dublin brewers . |
| 8 | ‘ For two miles across the dunes , ’ he waved his hand at the lumpy landscape , ‘ there are walks for naturists . |
| 9 | The Old and New Courts described , SB 31 ; ‘ hold up his hand at the Old Bailey ’ , i.e. to plead guilty . |
| 10 | A chance to try your hand at the ancient art of Drystone Walling . |
| 11 | Until recently we used to laugh behind our hands at the unfortunate women of the Soviet Union , who had to drive buses , work cranes and perform other heavy duties that have been a man 's prerogative since the beginning of time , due to an acute shortage of labour . |