Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He just took her off me hands . ’ |
| 2 | I overcame this problem quite easily in the end : I just gave her less for supper when she was off my hand , got her weight down , say , half an ounce , and built up her appetite , so that when I had her on my fist she 'd be hungry . |
| 3 | I had a huge hole in my wrist , the skin taken off my hand . |
| 4 | I , I got to where , I got to where the glove was , and took me scarf off my hand and my thumb was just yellow at the top . |
| 5 | From the moment you take the big glass off my hands you will have the sole responsibility for it . |
| 6 | as if now I know it will soon be off my hands time has started to move forward again . |
| 7 | ‘ Ross , I thank God , is off my hands , sent into El Teresa , a Spanish frigate , 3rd lieutenant . ’ |
| 8 | But I 'll never forget how good she was to me all through the war , took so much off my hands when I just could n't cope . |
| 9 | ‘ Thanks for taking Emily off my hands this evening . |
| 10 | ‘ I forgot to wipe the sweat off my hands when I started swinging , ’ he said , ‘ and my hands were so slippery that I fell . ’ |
| 11 | I felt him rip the tape off my hands , but he kept my left arm in a hammer lock . |
| 12 | It seemed there was never enough time to catch up , and I badly needed Charlie to return and take the shop off my hands . |
| 13 | In four years I fostered one ! and I am proud to say that Fr Liam Durrant , our present Vocations Director , came through my hands — should he be successful , would that make me a grandfather ? ! |
| 14 | I did all the cleaning , cooking and kept his books in order , which was no mean feat because he had a lot of clients call and all the money passed through my hands . ’ |
| 15 | Against Arsenal , when an Alan Smith shot virtually went through my hands . |
| 16 | ‘ Every single car that comes through my hands gets the treatment , ’ the father said . |
| 17 | I braked too late at the second corner and changed down to third while turning the wheel , feeding it through my hands . |
| 18 | Then I felt the post begin to slide upwards through my hands , as if more of it were coming out of the ground . |
| 19 | I like things to go through my hands ; things are transitory , ideas are emetic — it 's enough to get them out . |
| 20 | I kept on our course , letting the leathered wheel slide through my hands . |
| 21 | I deal with children all the time erm many of my I 've been there eight years now and so lots of children have passed through my hands who in particular have lots of educational problems and need special help , and I suppose somebody though erm that although the rage now is to have Governors who are working in industry , and that 's perfectly proper , that it would n't be a bad idea to have somebody who is supposed to have some knowledge and background of the way children behave and what children need , so erm although I do have some politics , you know , Bill , I erm largely keep them quiet in the governing body . |
| 22 | I got a fork stuck through my hand more than once : I got several tips off here and little stabs and one thing and another . |
| 23 | I teased the painter through my hand , and grinned . |
| 24 | I am no more and indeed no less — than a fine craftsman , a tailor , in search of work for my hands , honest work , to keep me alive . ’ |
| 25 | For my hands any my feet . |
| 26 | For my hands any my feet . |
| 27 | Then , just before Christmas , he asked my father for my hand in marriage … |
| 28 | He reached out for my hand . |
| 29 | He can hardly ask Dad for my hand , can he ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ If he believes that I have exhibited any preference for his person above that of the others who have offered for my hand , then he is a fool . ’ |