Example sentences of "his hand [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the way he held his hands that killed her anger . |
| 2 | He turned the shoes over in his hands and said : |
| 3 | He held the driving wheel in his hands and said , ’ Brrrr , I 'm driving my car , Brrr — ’ |
| 4 | And and Chris has just put his head in his hands and said I ca n't do it . |
| 5 | The man from the Royal Mail put up his hands and said that it , the Royal Mail , had probably made an error . |
| 6 | But he put up no defence ; he simply raised his hands and laid them lightly on Gentle 's shoulders . |
| 7 | He rubbed his hands and ordered half a dozen mutton chops . |
| 8 | 2 The personal will of the King was no longer decisive in government , and the effective choice of the Prime Minister and his leading Cabinet colleagues passed out of his hands and became a major role for a powerful House of Commons . |
| 9 | Edward was enthralled ; he leaned his head on his hands and gazed . |
| 10 | He framed her face in his hands and let his gaze pour over her . |
| 11 | She took one of his hands and pressed it to the bodice of her gown . |
| 12 | John ignored the heat building up under his hands and pressed down with all his weight . |
| 13 | Then he stretched out his hands and made pouncing movements . |
| 14 | He beat the air with his hands and made the most heart-rending cries . |
| 15 | As the Earl of Leicester is now dead , in whose keeping the King was by reason of the disturbance in the realm , and now by the favour of God the King is snatched out of his hands and raised again to his former estate , whereby with the common consent of the realm the King has caused all things attempted by the Earl for the diminution of the King 's right , honour and royal dignity to be revoked ; and whereas the forests north of Trent , which before the war in the time of the Earl were preserved whole and uninjured , have been disafforested and destroyed to the King 's disherison , the King commands the said Roger to re-afforest all the forests in his bailiwick as they were … before the war ; and if any part thereof ought of right to be disafforested , the King is prepared to do full justice . |
| 16 | He 'd had time to wash his hands and take off his rubber gloves and apron . |
| 17 | He got the ends of the belt around his hands and wound them into a good , tight grip . |
| 18 | She stood back , still holding his hands and saw tears appear in the eyes of the old man who had been more of a Father to her than her own Father . |
| 19 | He lowered his hands and looked at her . |
| 20 | He rubbed his hands and looked at Peter . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , ’ he spread his hands and looked at me with his well-known youthful enquiry , ‘ what can I do for you ? ’ |
| 22 | Hrun leaned his head back on his hands and looked at the ceiling , whistling tunelessly . |
| 23 | Derek rubbed his hands and looked conspiratorial . |
| 24 | Robert leaned his chin on his hands and looked glumly across the winter grass . |
| 25 | Alina was holding onto the door , because the six steps that she 'd taken to reach it had almost been enough to exhaust her ; Belov dusted off his hands and came over to her now , and he took her by the shoulders and turned her around and steered her back toward the bed that she 'd just left . |
| 26 | Corbett rose , wiped his hands and went back into the priory . |
| 27 | His softened looks hardened , but she evaded his hands and went headlong down the stairs , stopping only momentarily to brush the straw from her trousers and fasten her blouse with shaking fingers . |
| 28 | Unlike most grown-ups , he was usually ready to stop whatever he was doing to sit down and talk , and Oliver , who had looked forward to a good gossip , was both puzzled and disappointed when his friend stood up , spat on his hands and went back to his digging . |
| 29 | He was not concerned at the early pace set by Bully Boy , but he did become worried at the water jump , where he changed his hands and asked his mount to quicken with hands and heels , as he had dropped his whip . |
| 30 | Shy and quiet , he hid his face behind his hands and laughed . |