Example sentences of "[adv] clap " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stopped abruptly , almost as if she had metaphorically clapped a hand over her mouth . |
| 2 | Mainly middle-aged women with their daughters , they all wore hats and gloves ; everyone seemed to know everyone else and the chattering and laughter only subsided into an expectant hush after the chief vendeuse had discreetly clapped her hands twice . |
| 3 | ‘ You must be mad , insane , ’ Agnes almost yelled at her , only to clap a hand over her mouth and glance towards the door as if expecting it to open and her mother to appear ; and for a while there was silence between them , except for the slight moaning sound coming from Jessie . |
| 4 | cor this is a bit ugh ah let's all clap for Neil , er , er what 's he gon na do go off and have a boxing match ? |
| 5 | They only clap , with extraordinary vigour . |
| 6 | Staggering to my feet , soaking but triumphant , I was greeted by loud clapping from the far bank . |
| 7 | The other diners who mostly had n't been listening just clapped . |
| 8 | It 's not clapped out . |
| 9 | In another knot of constituency representatives , someone observed : ‘ Mrs Thatcher did not clap him very hard , did she ? ’ |
| 10 | Not just clapping . ’ |
| 11 | Not clapping . |
| 12 | ‘ It was totally clapped out . |
| 13 | ‘ It was totally clapped out . |
| 14 | She had eyes as bright as buttons , a sharp wit and the most beautiful pair of shoulders I have ever clapped eyes on . |
| 15 | White as marble , with the juiciest and roundest pair of tits I had ever clapped eyes on . |
| 16 | I was hustled away to a cold , stone-flagged cell beneath the Guildhall which I shared with two of the biggest rats I have ever clapped eyes on . |
| 17 | Sir John Dacourt , the ambassador , was squat and florid , with frizzed white hair , light blue eyes , and the most luxuriant curling moustache I have ever clapped eyes on . |
| 18 | Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd said later : ‘ People always clap louder if they 're opposed to something than if they 're in favour of it . ’ |
| 19 | It is very easy to build up quite a dislike of The-Most-Important-Film-Star-Of-The-Nineties before ever clapping eyes on him . |
| 20 | Still clapping , I sat down and looked to see how his team-mates were taking it . |
| 21 | We know about it before , always used to , we know that what we 're doing with B T is , you know , we 're starting up clapping . |
| 22 | When she walked into a village the Africans would often clap their hands in a reverential way . |
| 23 | ‘ People who would have spat in our faces three years before were now clapping our backs . |
| 24 | Chris trailed back , dragging his bat in disgust , but loudly clapped by his team and the little group of parents around the scorer 's shack in the corner of the field . |
| 25 | Do n't clap too loudly — it 's a very old world . |
| 26 | you sit , that 's why I do n't like going to the theatre with Derek , he , he does n't clap or anything ! |
| 27 | Similarly , sea lions being naturally and instinctively dexterous may be taught to balance balls on their noses , respond to particular noises made by the audience or their trainer and even clap their flippers , but to them this is only a means of receiving food , affection , social contact and so on — all these being motives , goals and feelings they experience in the wild . |
| 28 | Remember , however , that if you 're asking them to become engaged in a problem in any depth , simply clapping your hands and asking them to stop what they 're doing can be quite destructive . |
| 29 | He waited with eyes properly closed until he felt her breath on his cheek , her hand touch his forehead , then clapped his own over it , at the same time opening his eyes wide , smiling as she jumped . |
| 30 | I tucked a ten-dollar bill into the pocket of his jacket , while he tried to wave my arm away , then clapped him on the shoulder . |