Example sentences of "[pron] hand [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know exactly where Leicester Square was , but 1 did know it was n't far from Piccadilly , I had seen it in one of those tourist maps I had in my hand a short while ago , did n't know where it went , probably left it in the cinema showing the explicit sex film which was n't . |
| 2 | I roll the glass ball round in my hand a bit , waiting for them to say summat . |
| 3 | I have in my hand a wonderful book called Children 's Letters to God . |
| 4 | That night , before we fell asleep — stone sober this time — Dana again gave my hand a squeeze . |
| 5 | Then , waving aloft a sheaf of papers , he uttered the famous lie that was to catapult him into the limelight for four years : ‘ I have here in my hand a list of 205 names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department . ’ |
| 6 | Having settled her differences , she gave my hand a tentative lick . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ She even shook my hand a second time after I told her I had full-blown AIDS . ’ |
| 8 | Half of Shelbyville is piling onto him , resenting his obstruction , which forces my hand a bit . |
| 9 | My proposal , and er notice I have in my hand a final draft which will be submitted later this week for approval by headquarters . |
| 10 | I had them in my hand a moment ago . |
| 11 | Even the teachers hated me ; one — a Miss McKeller — found some reason to lay the strap across my hands every day , and within a month I was stammering so badly no one could understand a word I said . |
| 12 | I just wanted to warm my hands a bit that 's all . ’ |
| 13 | I did manage to give my hands a quick rinse beforehand and nobody has mentioned food poisoning so it must have been ok . |
| 14 | The Council may also try to draw up a science policy for Europe , if it is serious about this it will have to soil its hands a little more with the sharp end of applied research . |
| 15 | ‘ At the record company party , on their hands a dead star at last , the sycophantic slags all say , ‘ I knew him best and I knew him well ’ . ’ |
| 16 | The plot has thickened — a twist of fate and cunning has put into their hands a letter that seals their deaths ! |
| 17 | Many of the latter looked on politics and politicians with a jaundiced eye and held in their hands the means of destroying ill-prepared , amateurish candidates . |
| 18 | The control of the landlords and the labradores over municipal government completed their monopoly by giving into their hands the only other surplus land — the municipal commons — which became , according to reforming bureaucrats , ‘ the private patrimony of the town counsellors ’ . |
| 19 | It may be too great a temptation to human frailty , apt to grasp at power , for the same persons who have the power of making laws , to have also in their hands the power to execute them , whereby they may exempt themselves from obedience to the laws they make , and suit the law , both in its making and execution , to their own private advantage . |
| 20 | It was held that the defendant was guilty , since in raising their hands the members of the audience were engaging in competitive bidding — namely in competing against one another for the chance of getting in first by raising a hand before anyone else or for the chance of attracting the defendant 's favour in selecting the lucky buyer . |
| 21 | They had ceased to be such holders , because , in effect , in their hands the document had ceased to be a negotiable instrument quite as much as if there had been on the acceptance of the draft by the plaintiffs an erasure of the writing of the signature to the note . |
| 22 | It moved uncertainly towards her , its uncut claws rattling on the tiles , and gave her hand a soft , wet greeting . |
| 23 | Jacob held her hand a little lingeringly before he gravely presented her to Katherine and Leo as Dr Camille Briand . |
| 24 | She passed Mr Bumble the tea-cup , and as he took it , he managed to give her hand a little stroke . |
| 25 | He pushed into her hand a folded paper . |
| 26 | ‘ I know , you 're right , ’ he sighed , giving her hand a gentle squeeze . |
| 27 | He held her hand a little longer than he should have done , and had stammered at her , ‘ I — I have a cousin in Florida , Miss McAllister ; I wonder if you have run across her ? ’ |
| 28 | She had in her hand a broken china plate , and I asked-her what it was . |
| 29 | By the same token he gave her hand a reassuring squeeze before releasing it . |
| 30 | He gave her hand an extra squeeze before releasing it . |