Example sentences of "hand [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Notice how , in both these waist exercises , the weight is also supported by the non-working arm with the hand placed at the top of the thigh . ) |
| 2 | If a foster mum ca n't be found Sami will have to be hand reared at the stables in Deddington , but the owners he 's much likelier to have a healthy life if he 's reared the natural way . |
| 3 | Many modern machines do not have hand holds at the tail and are very tail-heavy on the ground . |
| 4 | The prophets of the mid-1960s , Venturi and Warhol , on the other hand rejoiced at the interpretation of culture and commodity . |
| 5 | ‘ Hang on , ’ she said , hand groping at the wall inside the door . |
| 6 | The stage hands grumbled at the furious pace they were expected to work . |
| 7 | Bands of monkeys roamed through the canopy , sharp eyes glancing at her , small hands picking at the bark of her face . |
| 8 | As to posture , the baby 's arms lie flat against its sides but with the hands meeting at the groin , similar to the Cornwall painting at Burford , Salop ; its face is wreathed in a supercilious smile . |
| 9 | ‘ Fucking landlord , ’ she was saying , her hands grasping at the bulb . |
| 10 | There being no mirror in the house , she could not see what her arms and shoulders looked like , but she saw her sturdy freckled hands fidgeting at the roll of material , and felt that the dress was laying a claim on her , like an impostor demanding to be recognised . |
| 11 | People were clapping as he stumbled between the rows of seats with her and out into the garden , where she reached out one hand to clutch at the trunk of a flowering cherry , then doubled up over his arm to vomit into a tidy bed of daffodils . |
| 12 | Your hands clutch at the gaping wound as you try to stop your entrails spilling into the slime of the sewer . ’ |
| 13 | You know they they 're a lot of the older men makes you wonder have they been sacked so they do n't have to pay them hand shakes at the end you know if they wanted to lay some people off . |
| 14 | Also on hand to help at the sale was Outhwaite 's Colin Barker . |
| 15 | ‘ I expected no better , ’ said Herluin bitterly , and took the broken box in his hands to stare at the damage . |
| 16 | Her flower-clasping hands rested at the foot of the stove . |
| 17 | Instantly , Delaney drew back his right hand , stiffened it to chop down as his left hand pulled at the rubber cowl on the man 's head , forcing it back , exposing his defenceless windpipe . |
| 18 | Hold the pleats in place by oversewing a few hand stitches at the base of each pleat ( fig. 34 ) . |
| 19 | Also hold the inward creases of the pleat to the back of the heading with a few hand stitches at the top of the pleat . |
| 20 | This is a common fault of players who try to delay the hit : the hands arrive at the ball well in front of the clubhead with the clubface open . |
| 21 | The colour rushed back into her face , her back arched still further , she whimpered and thrashed , her outstretched hands clutching at the edge of the mattress . |
| 22 | The gentlemen of this hereditary ( non-peerage ) rank , of the creations of England , Ireland , Great Britain and the United Kingdom , are permitted a canton ( or an escutcheon ) showing the ‘ bloody hand of Ulster ’ — argent a sinister hand couped at the wrist gules . |
| 23 | So they stood and their hands clasped at the baggage rack above their heads , and Millet saw the eyes of a fellow traveller flit to the girl 's features as if they were staring at those magazines on the high shelf behind the newsagent 's counter . |
| 24 | Hands tugged at the German and helped him up on to the narrow ledge . |
| 25 | Once , twice , three times , he rolled , hands scrabbling at the mud , crashing through light scrub for the safety of the trees and the ravine . |
| 26 | Landing was n't a problem — you just pull down on both hand controls at the same time to slow the paraglider as the ground approaches . |