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Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] hand " in BNC.

No	Sentence
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 .