Example sentences of "and [pron] hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once they get wind of that they 'll have me in there like a shot — And me hands are getting worse . |
| 2 | And me hand hurts . ’ |
| 3 | Her shape descended and she settled herself beside me , in awkward abundance , and my hand reached out to the white pulp of her shoulder . |
| 4 | I wear blazer and slacks , and my hand is bandaged . |
| 5 | I lifted the arm and saw a large hole in my left wrist and my hand was badly burned . |
| 6 | The sea-mail letter arrived this afternoon , and my hands shook so much when I retired to my tent that I could hardly open it … |
| 7 | And my hands are rather cut about , but I 'm still cheerful . ’ |
| 8 | I 'm pulled out , dragged — manhandled — down a flight of stairs , my blindfold 's taken off and my hands freed . |
| 9 | There were blisters , too , where one buttock had chafed the other , and my hands and face were raw with sunburn . |
| 10 | What does matter is that you 're wearing yourself to a shadow to make a bare livelihood — and my hands are tied , ’ he said violently , looking down at them as though he longed to tear off the invisible fetters . |
| 11 | The cones are now all flowing with pitch , and my hands are soon so covered with it that I can not easily cast down my booty when I would , it sticks to my fingers so ; and when I get down at last and have picked them up , I can not touch my basket with such hands but carry it on my arm , nor can I pick up my coat which I have taken off unless with my teeth — or else I kick it up and catch it on my arm . |
| 12 | and my hands were flapping |
| 13 | I sat numbly by the open window , with my legs pressed together , my arms hugging my sides and my hands gripping each other , to combat the sensation that I was going to shake myself to pieces . |
| 14 | My face was hot and my hands were shaking . |
| 15 | And my hands , my heavy hands , they glided over her with careful diffidence , not so much touching or feeling but defining her anatomy . |
| 16 | We had no boots or gloves , and my hands and feet ached badly . |
| 17 | My voice had risen a good half-octave and my hands were waggling around on the end of my arms as though I was trying to shake off bits of Sellotape . |
| 18 | My recollections of Barcelona are a jumble of hooting cars and waving flags , whining bombs and derelict buildings , food queues and rats and ragged clothes and my hands going blue with the cold of the last winter we spent there . |
| 19 | I felt about me ; and my hands came in contact with several fishes , some of which seemed to be still alive , for they squirmed in my fingers , and slipped back to my feet . |
| 20 | My mouth was dry and my hands were shaking . |
| 21 | I felt very alone at that moment , stuck there on that track somewhere in the Andes , my body chill with sweat and my hands still trembling with the nervous tension of getting safely through the rutted mud of the bend . |
| 22 | The girl 's body was curved and slender and my hands were straying to the ribbons on her bodice . |
| 23 | ‘ I forgot to wipe the sweat off my hands when I started swinging , ’ he said , ‘ and my hands were so slippery that I fell . ’ |
| 24 | I learned Dimac from a lama in Tibet and my hands are so deadly that I have to keep them in a locked closet when they 're not in use . |
| 25 | By that time I was very hungry , my arms were getting sore and my hands were red with gripping the spade and digging into the sand by themselves . |
| 26 | I sweated and strained with it , even in quite a light wind , and my hands grew warm despite the heavy-duty welding-gloves I had on . |
| 27 | The winch rested against my chest , a little slack between it and my hands . |
| 28 | And oh , when we do something else , and my hands say to my feet , ha hang on , you can walk as well as they can , let's try it . |
| 29 | And my hands were going like this and I looked at my clock and it was about six o'clock and it was still pitch black because it jump back into bed . |
| 30 | But that night , when he is asleep , the creature enters his chamber and rips back his curtain — so ! — so that he wakes up with a start to find its dreadful gaze upon him , and its hand out-stretched for his throat ! |