Example sentences of "on [pron] hand " in BNC.
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1 | Sometimes it is manifested in an exaggeration of previous dependency when problems arise ; sometimes , with strangers , excessive expectations of and need for support arise from these earlier relationships ( 'My husband waited on me hand and foot . ' ) |
2 | ‘ Means I had to get down on me hands and knees with the bill-hook , round the back like . |
3 | Two fingers I had waved at that driver as he thundered past me , cursing me through the open cab window and fighting the wheel , and those two fingers I now regretted having on my hand . |
4 | Yet two months on my hand still felt numb . |
5 | ‘ How did I get it on my hand ? ’ she thought . |
6 | I remember that , remember the feeling of his warm , cooling , sunlit juice on my hand , slippy becoming sticky , but I ca n't think about it any more without thinking of gorilla man and the little guy tied to the chair . |
7 | Sometimes I lay down and let them dance on my hand , and from time to time children came to play games in my hair . |
8 | In fact I had it six for talking in class , I remember very vividly having six strokes of the strap on my hand . |
9 | And they all jump on me from great heights till corns on my hand seem like the fringe benefits of delirious joy . |
10 | Er say I place it on my hand . |
11 | I dance round the kitchen table , twirling the hat on my hand , so that the ribbons fly out behind it . |
12 | After filling in various forms for insurance , I was weighed and my weight written down on my hand along with the colour of the Bungee Cord I was to use — the colour varies according to weight . |
13 | While I was waiting I glanced at the stamp that was on my hand . |
14 | I took a seat at the bar and a girl with sequin nipples nearly trod on my hand . |
15 | He put his hand on my hand again . |
16 | Comp completely , I mean I 'm sat here in a live television studio with a girlfriend on my hand , I was housebound , erm just no interest in my hobbies , no energy , erm |
17 | Later I saw blood on my hand where I 'd grabbed him . |
18 | With a firm grip on my hand , she pulled me away from a display of hi-tech gadgets and told me I was not going to be a millionairess . |
19 | Cos er , my , my grazes on my hand like |
20 | Cos er , my , my grazes on my hand like |
21 | So I threw the I put some thirty , thirty six on my hand , I put it on and it went hard |
22 | yeah its rubbed off on my hand |
23 | it just rubbed off on my hand |
24 | Last Christmas , having loads of time on my hands over the holidays , I decided to take the plunge and make one at least as nice theirs . |
25 | ‘ In fact , ’ Mr Sedgemore said ‘ his actual words were : ‘ Grass will grow on my hands before I consider their re-employment ’ . ' |
26 | The air was thick with them , and lumps were beginning to appear on my hands and face as they thrust their needle-like heads into my skin . |
27 | Have n't I got enough with a murder on my hands ? ’ |
28 | It may have disappointed the fearless patriot , Mickey Spillane , who wrote these lines for his detective , Mike Hammer , in One Lonely Night ( 1951 — sales three million ) : ‘ I killed more people tonight than I have fingers on my hands . |
29 | I have a gutter philosopher on my hands ! ’ |
30 | I would n't let is pass without thanking you which is the reason for this note because at the moment I have n't got that much spare time on my hands to thank you in person . |