Example sentences of "his fingers [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His fingers clawed at the air , his eyes bulged , spittle sprayed from his lips . |
| 2 | Dong , sensing his brother 's fear , reached quietly behind him in the darkness with his free hand until his fingers brushed against the face of the malaria victim ; the clammy flesh , already growing cold , was slippery with rain and the sweat of the fatal climatic fever , and in the moment that his hand recoiled from the contact Dong knew that they would not be able to avoid the horror of a burial this time . |
| 3 | He looked up , even paler if that were possible , and his fingers trembled on the ruler . |
| 4 | His fingers drummed on the door-frame . |
| 5 | His fingers flew over the keys . |
| 6 | His fingers danced over the keys . |
| 7 | So real was the sensation that his fingers slipped on the handle of the tea cup and when the tea spilt into the saucer he exclaimed , ‘ Oh ! |
| 8 | His fingers stole to the buttons of her blouse , loosening their fragile hold on the flimsy cotton . |
| 9 | His fingers slid through the wetness on the swell of her cheekbone . |
| 10 | ‘ Look at me , ’ Rourke demanded softly , and when she did n't obey his fingers slid around the curve of her throat , his thumb tracing the line of her jaw . |
| 11 | His fingers groped for the junction of the pipes . |