Example sentences of "hand [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Control is vested in their hands rather than the shareholders ' . |
| 2 | There is a case , however , for putting more emphasis on studies where the participating subjects have the destiny of the task performance in their own hands rather than sharing it , in some little-understood manner , with an unfamiliar adult . |
| 3 | Lee 's choice of running mate , Lee Yuan-tzu , currently the President 's Chief Secretary , was also controversial and his nomination was forced through on a show of hands rather than a secret ballot . |
| 4 | Healers who use their hands rather than pills and potions are still treated with scepticism . |
| 5 | Delight because it brought her close to him when the cottage was empty — despair because his talent was in his hands rather than in his composing ability . |
| 6 | ‘ He 'll probably want to shake hands rather than kiss . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ None the less , ’ he said , turning again to face them with a calm and decided countenance , ‘ I think it indeed needful that this march should come into the justiciar 's hands rather than Earl Richard 's . |
| 8 | Are all the rest of us to give up and sit on our hands rather than serve humbly where we deserve ? ’ |
| 9 | Yes , there 's the er sweat rag as you call it being tossed from DeFreitas to Lawrence who , as he dries his hands rather like a towel . |
| 10 | D'Aubigny , however , came down from the dais and shook Agrippa 's hand vigorously before allowing the doctor to introduce both my master and myself . |
| 11 | He released her , turned to Damian , shook his hand vigorously . |
| 12 | Charlie rose from the chair and shook her hand vigorously to confirm that his first deal was closed . |
| 13 | Nadirpur 's hand delicately traced a line across Ahn 's perspiring brow . |
| 14 | At the front , two high curved windows gave a view of the square garden while at the rear one huge expanse of glass looked out over a stone wall with three niches , each containing a marble statue ; Venus , naked , one hand delicately shielding the mons Veneris , one pointing at her left nipple , a second female figure , half robed and wearing a wreath of flowers and , between them , Apollo with his lyre , laurel-crowned . |
| 15 | Her pulses quickened as she ran her hand delicately along his collarbone , over his biceps and back to his chest . |
| 16 | Then she smiled , waved her hand weakly , and was gone . |
| 17 | She extended a hand weakly . |
| 18 | He had taken Nocenzi 's hand , denying him , but Nocenzi had insisted , squeezing his hand weakly , not releasing it until the T'ang accepted his resignation . |
| 19 | Utterly expressionless , the word was addressed to Florian , and she clutched at Luke 's hand instinctively , still expecting something more . |
| 20 | She placed a hand instinctively over her stomach and wondered how it must feel to create new life inside your body . |
| 21 | Alison Walker lay pale-faced and tearful , one hand instinctively resting over her swollen abdomen as if to protect the child within . |
| 22 | She swallowed hard on a rising sense of panic , and caught at his hand instinctively . |
| 23 | The cues require eight hand patterns and four hand positions , all executed by the dominant hand somewhere close to the side of the face . |
| 24 | A hand somewhere might have touched a secret spring , for a whole wall was turning on a hinge to reveal a hidden chamber . |
| 25 | Erm I mean I 'm concerned again through his eyesight that i were we to put him as the assistant and put him on a machine , that he might just put his hand somewhere and get his hand bloody trapped or whatever with his eyesight . |
| 26 | He turned her hand upward and kissed the inside of the soft palm . |
| 27 | He 'd push his hand right up , and feel me . |
| 28 | Cos you ca n't get your hand right to the bottom without a I mean |
| 29 | Look he puts his hand right in my mean green . |
| 30 | ours does n't , ours , you can get your hand right underneath ours |