Example sentences of "out [pron] hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | I smiled and held out my hand . |
| 2 | I did n't know what to say , so I just held out my hand and she heaved me up . |
| 3 | I hold out my hand for the hat and he gives it to me . |
| 4 | I wondered if her presence was an invitation ; I felt that if I stretched out my hand to grasp hers she would have sat by me on the bed . |
| 5 | I hold out my hand . |
| 6 | When he came back , his face was so strained with worry that I felt the sting of another guilt , and I smiled properly ( having just finished with a not-too-terrible pain ) and put out my hand to him to show him I was better . |
| 7 | They looked very close ; I wanted to reach out my hand and touch them . |
| 8 | I held out my hand , and the terrible , soft-speaking , eyeless man took hold of it like a dog biting a bone . |
| 9 | I went to him and said I was sorry and held out my hand , but he would n't take it . |
| 10 | Very gently , as to a wild animal , I reached out my hand and made her turn her head . |
| 11 | But her back was out of reach behind her head , and before I knew where I was , I was saying ‘ Hello ’ and holding out my hand . |
| 12 | I approached her carefully but she leaned away as I stretched out my hand . |
| 13 | The sun was shining , the water a deep indigo-blue and the air so crystal clear that it seemed as though I could stretch out my hand and touch the gleaming white of Sarmiento far to the south-east in Tierra del Fuego . |
| 14 | Then I said , ‘ No hard feelings , Mr Riddle , ’ an' held out my hand to say goodbye like . ’ |
| 15 | When it did not open , I broke the glass angrily and stretched out my hand towards the branch . |
| 16 | I held out my hand and he took it . |
| 17 | There was a long , hot moment in which all three of us were penned in a triangle of critical regard — Laura fiercely indifferent to everything except the health of her blaze ; me awkwardly between , holding out my hand for the axe ; Edward , old man suddenly , hating his years and his uncertain hands , humiliated , furious with Laura , resentful of my youth , and profoundly unwilling to surrender the axe . |
| 18 | I put out my hand and touched a soft , heavy curtain . |
| 19 | She regards me with suspicion , but when I hold out my hand , she takes it . |
| 20 | One eveing I dared to stretch out my hand to his plate , but he struck me a sharp blow over the back of my fingers . |
| 21 | I held out my hand . |
| 22 | Ignoring the expression of shock on the woman 's face , I stretched out my hand . |
| 23 | I wou I would n't hold out my hand I was fourteen . |
| 24 | Then , in my mind , I reached up to the heavens , held out my hands , grasped the ball and brought it down . |
| 25 | I held out my hands to them , and kissed each of them in turn . |
| 26 | I held out my hands to my father as he came into the room , and he took me in his arms . |
| 27 | I could see Quigley was about to make another move , but before he could do so I held out my hands , palm downwards , in a gesture much favoured by Mr Toombs in his last ecclesiastical campaign . |
| 28 | Two beggars hold out their hands . |
| 29 | I mean , you get people who blow a couple of bars on a mouth organ and then hold out their hands . |
| 30 | Early in the war a postcard was issued at Crewe Station showing women railway workers holding out their hands to indicate that it was clean work . |