Example sentences of "[pron] fingers around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't much care ; it was only the clumsiness of my fingers around the dip-in pen which was at fault , and nothing more intimate . |
| 2 | Delia Sutherland closed her fingers around the inside of his elbow with a pressure that could have been the overture to an embrace but he knew it was not . |
| 3 | Finally , she grabbed hold of the dispenser 's cooling fin whilst it was waving a krill doughnut around in a vain attempt to attract custom , pulled it close and , in a casual and unremarkable manner , moved her hand down to the dispenser 's access plate and ran her fingers around the seam until she felt a magnetic bolt buzzing beneath her fingers . |
| 4 | She curled her fingers around the shard in her palm , slipped it back into the thin pouch of cotton hidden inside the skirts of her dress . |
| 5 | She slid past him and curled her fingers around the thin wheel with its padded sleeve . |
| 6 | ‘ Mark was my brother , ’ she declared harshly , curling her fingers around the handle , ‘ and you helped kill him . ’ |
| 7 | Taking her trembling hand downwards , he cupped her fingers around the heavy heat of his sex . |
| 8 | The man had his fingers around the woman 's throat and was banging her head against the back of the seat . |
| 9 | She took the gun , and put it into his hand properly , wrapping his fingers around the butt , shoving his forefinger through the trigger-guard , and held the barrel to his ear . |
| 10 | He locked his fingers around the joystick again and gripped it tightly in the angle of the dive , hearing the engine-note climb and the wing bracings develop a piercing whistle that merged into a slow shriek . |