Example sentences of "with his [adj] hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | The villain fingered Rex 's lapels with his gun-free hand . |
| 2 | On his way up the paved path between walls of rose bushes he picked up a piece of old iron pipe with his gloved hand . |
| 3 | He patted Dissard 's desk with his gloved hand . |
| 4 | ‘ Hello , darling , ’ he called waving with his right hand while trying to keep the dogs at bay with his left . |
| 5 | He rolled on to his side and rubbed the leg vigorously with his right hand . |
| 6 | Trent fumbled with his right hand behind his neck , then collapsed on the sand where he lay sprawled , his right arm thrown back above his head , clay-sodden hair shading his eyes . |
| 7 | With his left hand he eases the weight on the tump-line ; with his right hand on the ground he steadies himself as he starts to rise . |
| 8 | He crouched down and clung to the rail with his right hand and reached out with his left as if to punch a hole through the wall . |
| 9 | For the driver , the chief change was not only issuing tickets , but operating the controller with his right hand . |
| 10 | Sally sat close to Edward on the bench seat and he drove with one arm around her , somehow managing to change gear with his right hand . |
| 11 | With his right hand Quinn twisted a blob of the brown substance off , rolled it into a ball and tossed it across the floor to Zack . |
| 12 | When his unlucky opponent approached , the fighter would grab the scabbard with his right hand and raise it in the air as if it were the knife . |
| 13 | He was squeezing the angle of the arête with his right hand , easing his weight over his right foot . |
| 14 | He slapped up with his right hand , aiming for a narrowing and sharpening of the arête . |
| 15 | One friend has described him checking his wristwatch with an almost deliberate thoroughness : " He slowly and methodically raised his left hand and with his right hand carefully pushed back his coat sleeve and shirt sleeve at the same time and then painstakingly , at close range , studied the face of the dial . |
| 16 | Ace fancied she could see the look of anguish on Daak 's face as he relinquished his grip on his chainsword and grabbed the girder with his right hand . |
| 17 | Stuck for the precise word , the Colonel made a small gesture with his right hand which then efficiently used the momentum to pick up his claret . |
| 18 | He reached up with his right hand and grasped the tightly-furled queue at the back of his head , his fingers closing about the coil of fine white hair . |
| 19 | With his right hand he works a large pair of red-handled scissors . |
| 20 | With his right hand he takes hold of his chin . |
| 21 | Blufton sighed and chopped the air decisively with his right hand . |
| 22 | 1 The attacker grabs hold of the defender 's collar with his right hand . |
| 23 | The attacker grabs the defender 's collar with his right hand . |
| 24 | The inside block is akin to a man drawing a sword with his right hand from a scabbard on his left side . |
| 25 | The attacker throws a right front kick 1 : the defender sidesteps and jumps forward , punching with his right hand to the body and preparing to grab the kick . |
| 26 | He took another step forward , and with his right hand made as though to hit Mr Smith 's desk . |
| 27 | Every few yards he stopped , listened and touched the wall with his right hand just above his head . |
| 28 | This time when the firing stopped , he stuck the shotgun round the door with his right hand and pulled the trigger . |
| 29 | Aiming the shotgun as steadily as he could with his right hand despite the throbbing pain of his wounded bicep , Grant reached down and across his body with his left . |
| 30 | Gritting his teeth against the pain , he made a grab with his right hand and ripped the knife from its sheath . |