Example sentences of "[adv] hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rope swayed a little as he went down hand over hand , then he was on the ground and the rope went still again as he held it fast and turned his face up to her . |
| 2 | We nailed down hand model Sara Francis and discovered some well-kept secrets : |
| 3 | She wore no make-up and no rings on her freckly hands . |
| 4 | She did the bending and the kneeling , and they worked together hand in glove . |
| 5 | Soon a dozen or so hands were raised and after their names had been written down and details of what their duties would involve the meeting was brought to a close . |
| 6 | For the rest it 's just like English numbers they say So hands up who can work out what twenty three will be . |
| 7 | Roger from Ramsey was driving , and a good enough hand with horses and wagons , but what chance did he have with the pair of them drawing on him ? |
| 8 | And , he was an old enough hand to know that nobody else in the room wanted to know the answer . |
| 9 | The fact that the car must be returned at the end of the hire term means that the range of adaptation is limited to those that can be easily attached and removed , eg hand controls , wheelchair hoists , rotating seats , etc . |
| 10 | 11am : A BBC worker personally hands tape to Thames TV for ITV network after travelling by taxi to the company in the capital 's Euston Road . |
| 11 | You 've actually learnt something , hands down hands down . |
| 12 | but there again it 's only hand feed , you 've , you got to have a , a machine that can feed on to take this tubing |
| 13 | No you ca n't , you , you only have , you can only hand write . |
| 14 | merrily hand in hand , |
| 15 | decorative mirror , with or without a frame , is the type you would normally hand on a bedroom or living room wall , or perhaps over a mantlepiece to reflect the room . |
| 16 | Dana always sat with his legs wide apart , as if inviting the touch of eyes , if not hands . |
| 17 | Since dogs have paws and not hands , ‘ him ’ can only refer to the vet ; and since , on configurational grounds , ‘ he ’ and ‘ him ’ can not co-refer , ‘ he ’ must refer to the dog . |
| 18 | It seemed to his slow , sleep-sodden mind , that there were hundreds of the horrid things and that they were all bearing down on him , a rushing curtain of green and gold and brown , with here and there wild , menacing eyes and reaching , clutching hands that were not hands at all , but nasty , skeletal twigs . |
| 19 | The wild golden eyes and the pitiless faces of the naiads and dryads and hamadryads loomed over him , hands that were not hands but branches , reaching for him , pinioning him down . |
| 20 | Just si now just ge just hands down for just one minute please . |
| 21 | As befits such a highly desirable collection , each plate is individually hand numbered and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity bearing the same number , thus establishing each plate 's place in the edition . |
| 22 | I took a breath and pulled myself hand over hand down the curtain , seeking to find the bottom of it with my feet : and there was indeed a gap between the bottom edge of the curtain and the mud , but only a matter of inches , and there was clutter down there , unidentifiable , pressing against the barrier , trying to get past it . |
| 23 | If all possible resolved logical forms are deemed implausible , CLE-I finally hands to the plausibility checker a special symbol denoting that there are no more interpretations available . |
| 24 | Rebels ‘ would not hand over general ’ |
| 25 | White House officials insist this is a misunderstanding ; US interest in the coup evaporated rapidly when the rebels made it clear that they would not hand over Noriega . |
| 26 | He did not hand out sayings of Jesus in a little red book , or give them Christmas presents . |
| 27 | But Selznick knew that he could not hand over the selection process to assistants . |
| 28 | Do not hand over the job of introducing formal appraisal to the personnel or organizational experts . |
| 29 | For another , it does not hand out new cars as it used to . |
| 30 | ‘ The Queen is in good health and will not hand over to him in the foreseeable future unless her health suddenly deteriorates . |