Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] hand " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Do n't do that again , ’ Lorton said , ‘ or my hand might slip . |
2 | Molly showed a momentary resistance once she realised where her hand was going , but with a soft moan she gave in and her fingers closed around his erect manhood . |
3 | She was putting her mouth where her hand had been , sucking him into her . |
4 | It was ten years ago , ’ he reminded her wryly , glancing down at his forearm where her hand had briefly brushed . |
5 | She stared at her lap where her hands , gloved in tight white net , gripped her missal . |
6 | They were classic newly-weds , unable to take their eyes or their hands off each other , laughing and joking and clearly very happy . |
7 | Men who ca n't keep their minds on their job , or their hands to themselves . ’ |
8 | The ‘ toffee nosed ’ person might be useless with his or her hands ! |
9 | The assets are placed in his or her hands under Insolvency Rule 5.21 . |
10 | Or , during a fight , your opponent may try to strangle or crush you , rather than hit out with his or her hands and feet . |
11 | And she should dose them now , before Ursula ran to join her or her hands shook too much to obey her . |
12 | In narratives as diverse as Jane Eyre and Great Expectations , we are aware , when reading , of a certain inevitability of outcome : the writer has us by the hand — in his or her hand , almost — and we know we will be led , not necessarily to a happy conclusion but that the narrative will be resolved at a place that feels safe and right , that leaves us satisfied . |
13 | I never witnessed an adult raise his or her hand , or even voice , to a child . |
14 | His eyes were wide and peering from within a blank shell of shock and his face , where his hand had not soiled it , was very pale . |
15 | She mumbled beneath his mouth when his fingers pressed hard into her firm buttocks , and she felt a hot flame burn where his hand had rested , her mouth , her body , her mind all whirling with the incredible sensation that his unprovoked assault was arousing . |
16 | Flames set light to his jacket and Mr Williams was helped into a nearby toilet where his hands were drenched with water . |
17 | He trussed the trooper so that he could not move his feet or his hands . |
18 | He hated the dirt ; he wanted to touch nothing ; he lay on his side , trying not to let his ribs come against the inside of his shirt or his hand touch the blanket . |
19 | Groom these ticklish areas with a stable rubber , tea cloth or your hand and work at it gently . |
20 | ‘ Hold on to the sledge rails here — keep a loose grip or your hands get tired — try not to keep your foot on the brake ( a miniature snow hook held off the snow by an elasticated octopus grip ) or your other leg will get tired — do n't shout too much at the dogs or they get confused — the occasional quiet word is helpful — on downhills brake gently if you need to so that the line stays tight . ' |
21 | I 'm not just talking about dirty nails — which is already unforgivable — but chewed , picked and bitten nails which do n't do you or your hands any favours . |
22 | Play peekaboo , using see-through scarves or your hands . |
23 | I was silent , for I could not understand in what way he meant that my hands were ugly : I had never considered whether they were beautiful or not . |
24 | And er what I did I got everything , you know the , I do n't think it was , and some warm water and I saw that my hands was well clean and I 'd got some very nice little silver spoons , only small ones . |
25 | Then I began to realize that my hands were tied behind my back and my legs were also secured to something . |
26 | I ca n't write much this time because I 'm so near to coming home that my hand shakes every time I pick up a pen . |
27 | It was very small , just a little bigger than my hand . |
28 | ‘ Bigger than my hand . |
29 | She was the smallest ; her feet were no bigger than my hands . |
30 | Although my hand may be bigger than a lot of people 's , it 's still a hand — it 's not a block of wood . |