Example sentences of "[adv prt] his [adj] hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Wait a minute ! ’ she shook off his urgent hand . |
| 2 | Violently she shook off his outstretched hand , and the English document announcing her father 's change of name fluttered to the ground . |
| 3 | AI has appealed to President Alberto Fujimori for a prompt investigation into a bomb attack on Dr Augusto Zúñiga opened a letter bomb which blew off his left hand and forearm . |
| 4 | By the third round Leonard was producing a replay of their last contest , taunting Duran by thrusting his head forward , safely out of range , and then winding up his right hand with the threat of a bolo punch . |
| 5 | He held up his right hand , stretching his fingers , and took Amelia 's face in his grip . |
| 6 | Yet Boswell and other Johnsonians report that , long before the pension , Johnson wondered aloud if holding up his right hand would have secured victory for the Stuarts at Culloden to Prince Charles 's army , he was not sure he would have held it up ; so little confidence had he in the right claimed by the house of Stuart , and so fearful was he of the consequences of another revolution on the throne of Great Britain' . |
| 7 | Goreng held up his right hand . |
| 8 | But Morse had taken over completely , and he held up his right hand with a confident , magisterial authority . |
| 9 | Morse held up his right hand , and spoke to her not ungently : |
| 10 | My friend Tom Paine — I got this wound , ’ he held up his afflicted hand , ‘ fighting by his side for the freedom of our American Brothers — he has written and fought for freedom in America , in France and here in his native land . |
| 11 | He held up his injured hand for her to see . |
| 12 | Dougal held up his gloved hand and ticked off the fingers . |
| 13 | And he put up his other hand to clasp her face , gazing ardently into her blue-black eyes , and his intention was suddenly plain . |
| 14 | She felt powerless as he brought up his other hand and let his fingers feather lightly down the side of her neck to her collar-bone . |
| 15 | ‘ Stay there , ’ he said , toying with his key chain , holding up his free hand to add weight to his instructions . |
| 16 | His reaction was to allow a harsh laugh to escape him , until she struck him hard on the jaw ; then his laughter changed in a flash and he grabbed hold of first one fist , then two , holding them easily in one hand while be brought up his free hand and cupped her chin in it . |
| 17 | On the return journey he told her all about himself and he held up his left hand for her scrutiny . |
| 18 | ‘ Because I 'm b aadd , ’ he clowns , but them holds up his shaking hand , spreads his fingers and says : ‘ It 's because of this . |
| 19 | He stretched out his right hand . |
| 20 | He stopped what he was doing and , placing the bucket on the ground , he turned to face me , holding out his right hand . |
| 21 | He put out his right hand . |
| 22 | He held out his right hand across the table . |
| 23 | Philip put out his other hand and took hold of his collar . |
| 24 | And he was sure that the man was begging now , for he was holding out his other hand with the palm upwards ; except that then O thought that maybe the gesture had another meaning , maybe the man was extending his hand in the hope that some passer by might take it , grasp it firmly and pull him to his feet . |
| 25 | He sprinkled water over the towel and then went into a paroxysm of agony , nursing the injured arm against his chest and holding out his other hand for money . |
| 26 | He flung out his other hand towards them in a desperate plea , and Cardiff moved to take it . |
| 27 | He holds out his small hand for the ticket . |
| 28 | A thud of chopping — movement between the tree trunks — a labourer was coming towards him , one of the consignment of convicts he had ordered through a merchant in Bideford , he had his machete in his hand , he was not menacing , he held out his spare hand in a strange appeal , lifting his face , which was crossed by deep scars , wounds across his eyes had puckered them right in so that he moved like a blind sleeper , closer and closer — Sir John woke up sweating , surprised to find himself alone , and then remembered : he had been drinking with his cousin Alexander Menzies of Bolfracks , the last bottle must have sent him under . |
| 29 | It took him a little while , but he got it fixed in the end , then held out his dummy hand for the gun . |
| 30 | He stretched out his dummy hand , and the metal fingers clawed at the man 's arm . |