Example sentences of "with [pron] hands " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leonard recalled his own practice of that time , an ‘ instinctive ’ use of ‘ primitive meditation ’ : ‘ I sat with my hands on my lap , like a cataleptic … like Ezekiel ! |
| 2 | I sort of rub my face with my hands and have a proper look , but I ca n't find none . |
| 3 | I try walking with my hands over my ears , and it 's a bit better . |
| 4 | Not with my hands . |
| 5 | That means that in addition to walking up the hill with my hands in my pockets , sometimes I scramble up rocks using my hands . |
| 6 | I walked in with my hands still in my pockets . |
| 7 | With the moonlight With my hands |
| 8 | ‘ I Galileo Galilei , being in my seventieth year having before my eyes the Holy Gospel , which I touch with my hands , abjure , curse and detest the error and heresy of the movement of the Earth . ’ |
| 9 | I stood there with my hands in my pockets , and cursed . |
| 10 | I always do sit with my hands in my pockets , except when I am in the company of my sisters , my cousins , or my aunts ; and they kick up such a shindy — I should say expostulate so eloquently on the subject — that I have to give up and take them out — my hands I mean . ’ |
| 11 | I pressed up against Beejay and leaning forward , covered the mare 's eyes with my hands . |
| 12 | ‘ I still could n't see anything , of course , but I knelt down and groped about with my hands . |
| 13 | I am reasonably good with my hands and with your guidance I 'm sure my lovely old guitar could be put right . |
| 14 | There is nothing physically wrong with my hands , so the problem must be in my mind . |
| 15 | I learnt to sit formally at table and to eat three inedible courses of stodge with an incomprehensible array of surplus cutlery ; to whisper when I spoke as I was considered ‘ too loud ’ ; and to stop gesturing with my hands or to touch in conversation , as people inevitably shrank away from me . |
| 16 | As I was brought up on a farm I 'm used to working with my hands and in all weathers . |
| 17 | I 've smoked for over fifteen years , and it has become , it 's something to do with my hands and I think that 's what it is with me . |
| 18 | I nearly broke a chair with my hands as I listened . |
| 19 | I turned over the ashes , found the glow within the crust , added some kindling and a log , then stood to stretch with my hands in the small of my back because it was aching . |
| 20 | I covered my face with my hands . |
| 21 | Somehow I managed to cover her with my coat and put out the flames with my hands . |
| 22 | I covered my eyes with my hands . |
| 23 | I covered my eyes with my hands . |
| 24 | I was never very good with my hands , but I did this with my school friend John McClenahan , who was much better and whose father had a workshop in their house . |
| 25 | I squatted , swept the dusty boards with my hands , felt a thick leather spine , found the lid , opened the top cover and tore out several pages . |
| 26 | If I have to tear open the cages with my hands , I shall rescue him . |
| 27 | But in this reeking cavern with my hands , face , hair and every pore of my skin impregnated with cottage pie and chips , those birdies seemed far away . |
| 28 | But er I was always more interested in doing things with my hands , er P E , music , art , all the things you did n't have |
| 29 | I shuffled down the shingle until I felt the mush of dry seaweed , and then I explored it with my hands — yes , it was just the stuff one would expect , weed , and here and there a bit of wood . |
| 30 | " Let's try it on then , " said my mother , and I stood up obediently with my hands above my head while she said the silky material over my arms . |