Example sentences of "hand [coord] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she took the child by the hand and walked her to the settle , and when they were seated she looked at the small figure by her side , at the hair , like a golden halo round the oval face , and the limpid grey eyes gazing so trustfully at her . |
| 2 | When they returned to the turreted stable block , Victoria was taught how to lead a pony in hand and walked it around the stable proudly . |
| 3 | Before they left , Gallardo shook Valenzuela 's hand and thanked him for the cigarettes he had given him in captivity . |
| 4 | Bernice dumped the remaining food on the floor with a few sweeps of her hand and kicked it under the rubber skirts of the machine . |
| 5 | Evelyn snatched the packet from his hand and put it in the pocket of her apron . |
| 6 | She put out her hand and laid it on the book , then said : |
| 7 | He took the spoon out of her hand and laid it on the table . |
| 8 | He dropped a long , searching kiss on her mouth , then took her shaking hand and laid it against the powerful , overpowering size of his arousal . |
| 9 | Sabrina intervened by taking the poniard from Graham 's hand and slipping it down the side of her boot . |
| 10 | Nicolo took her hand and forced it towards the dark , slashing opening . |
| 11 | He took the sword out of Alexei 's hand and jabbed it into the planks at the bottom of the punt , then draped Alexei 's coat over it . |
| 12 | He pulled a scrap of meat from the cutlet in his hand and tossed it into the air . |
| 13 | She put out a hand and touched him on the sleeve , but he moved back as if he had n't noticed , and she said on a rising note , ‘ Why are you looking like that ? ’ |
| 14 | She took a pinch of snuff in her hand and sprinkled it over the note murmuring something under her breath . |
| 15 | She frowned for a moment , then picked up my hand and led me to the window . |
| 16 | I took Montaine by the hand and led her through the empty rooms … there were very many . |
| 17 | Rosie took Artemis by the hand and led her down the corridor to a small room right at the end . |
| 18 | He took her hand and led her to the open-air dance-floor just as the band slipped into the first of their slow numbers . |
| 19 | Alexander took her hand and led her to the door that led out on to the path that wound down towards the beach . |
| 20 | Then he took Victoria 's hand and led her towards the strange woman . |
| 21 | He made no response , but just took her hand and led her towards the stable-block . |
| 22 | I took her hand and led her into the centre of the dancers , as the light failed over Wimbledon . |
| 23 | He took her hand and led her into the atrium , where she turned and went into his arms . |
| 24 | He took her hand and led her up the steps . |
| 25 | She took his hand and led him into the sitting room . |
| 26 | The tiny woman took Tuppe by the hand and led him into the darkness at the rear of the shop . |
| 27 | And she took his hand and led him to the bed . |
| 28 | Doyle seemed wary and the Woman had started to fidget with her long tail of hair , holding it in one hand and drawing it through the fingers of the other . |
| 29 | as if from nowhere Henry , too , appeared and , crouching in the corner of the couch , Emma now watched him struggling with her mother , and when he wrenched the poker from her hand and flung it across the room , there was the sound of splintering wood , which brought about an inevitable silence , punctuated only by gasps . |
| 30 | When his unlucky opponent approached , the fighter would grab the scabbard with his right hand and raise it in the air as if it were the knife . |