Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] hand [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's time to try my hand at the settled life . |
| 2 | ‘ At that time , ’ recalls Vivien , who was the first British player to try her hand on the American Tour , ‘ the LPGA needed all the publicity and good will it could get . |
| 3 | The estate 's extensive grounds offer excellent opportunities for many pleasant walks and include a small lake where guests are permitted to try their hand at a little fishing . |
| 4 | They include a party of German businessmen , keen to try their hand at the traditional Highland Games sports of shot-putting and caber-tossing , and a group of Australians . |
| 5 | A chance to try your hand at the ancient art of Drystone Walling . |
| 6 | Taking care not to scratch his hands on the holding spikes , he rummaged through the weed feeling for that spasm of movement which would indicate a dying fish . |
| 7 | I am going to put my hands above the slenderly tapering flame of the candle for a moment . |
| 8 | A voice tells them to put their hand into the half pint through the special openings . |
| 9 | Nolan 's method is to put his hands on the bare flesh at the point of the complaint for a minute or two . |
| 10 | She wanted to run her hands over the firm masculine planes of his body , the broad shoulders and narrow hips , his long , muscular thighs . |
| 11 | Bedmakers in Cambridge colleges were issued with stout gloves to protect their hands from the sharp sedge as they lit the fires in undergraduates ' rooms . |
| 12 | This involves the creation of small teams who need to be able to turn their hands to a wide variety of tasks . |
| 13 | She could see the three robed figures , watching impassively as she tried to force her hands through the gold-flecked cloud that surrounded her . |
| 14 | WOO JUST HANG ON A SEC I 'm a 19-year-old female wanting to get my hands on a good-looking male ( 19-21 ) . |
| 15 | I could hardly wait , for example , to get my hands on the original ballpoint pen . |
| 16 | I ca n't remember who or where , but I remember somebody suggesting that clubs should introduce loyalty bonuses so that players are not tempted to leave a club simply to get their hands on a fat signing on fee . |
| 17 | My companions hurried on , desperate to get their hands on the seven hundred thousand pounds in gold which lay somewhere under the tree 's shadows . |
| 18 | Blind children at a college in Worcester ca n't wait to get their hands on the latest batch of adventure stories , translated into braille by computor . |
| 19 | Not after she 's been waiting 200 years to get her hands on the last of the Gittels . |
| 20 | The golfer who does not suffer some degree of disappointment or annoyance when forced to offer his hand to a victorious opponent is the golfer who will always float in a morass of mediocrity . |
| 21 | It gets its name from the fact that it requires a fighter simply to raise his hands in a defensive position and bend his legs slightly , almost as if he were walking down the street . |
| 22 | For more details of this therapeutic range plus your chance to get your hands on a free sample , turn to page 54 ! |
| 23 | As he is not a chap to do anything by halves , to get your hands on the eight per cent SGNs you 'll have to go the whole hog and invest in ‘ Work '69 : Terres a Vin ’ , a box containing six special half-bottles ( 1 Muenchberg Riesling ‘ VV ’ , 2 Muenchberg Pinot Gris and 3 Franholz Gewurztraminer ) with handmade labels and capsules pebbledashed with vineyard soil , a piece of rock from each of the three Grand Cru vineyards and a book of Andre 's poems . |
| 24 | The President also stated that it was time " to offer our hand to the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe " and time " to build on our new relationship with the Soviet Union ; to endorse and encourage a peaceful process of internal change towards democracy and economic opportunity " . |
| 25 | She burst out laughing at the absurdity of it , laughed until she cried , and when the tears came he groped across the table to touch her hand around the empty glass . |
| 26 | There is also another problem : how to lay our hands on a milkfed lamb . |
| 27 | The British had obviously decided to wash their hands of the whole affair . |
| 28 | Or perhaps you 're going to wash your hands of the whole business ? |