Example sentences of "on his [adj] hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mason needed an X-ray on his right hand and repairs around both eyes after being taken the full distance by Wills on Wednesday night , but his heart and ambition remain undamaged . |
| 2 | Mason needed an X-ray on his right hand and repairs around both eyes after being taken the full distance by Wills on Wednesday night , but his heart and ambition remain undamaged . |
| 3 | Graham Gooch retired early to his hotel bed with a touch of ‘ flu while Paul Prichard , taking a severe blow on his right hand from Devon Malcolm , needed no second bidding when the umpires offered the light in the next over . |
| 4 | He will separate men into two groups , as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats , and he will place the sheep on his right hand and the goats on the left . |
| 5 | Then the king will say to those on his right hand , ‘ You have my Father 's blessing ; come , enter and possess the kingdom that has been ready for you since the world was made . |
| 6 | He leaned his chin on his right hand and looked up at her . |
| 7 | Mr Waldegrave 's constituency agent in Bristol West , Philip Stephenson , says : ‘ I do n't know why he wears it on his right hand . |
| 8 | Around his neck is a gold , Sphinx-head pendant and on his right hand a ring in the shape of the Arabic crescent moon and star . |
| 9 | It 's a cruel thing and especially to hit a boy on his right hand and then expect him to write with it . |
| 10 | Cardiff could see that the knuckles on his right hand were white where he clenched the chair rest . |
| 11 | Dyson watched them absently , grimacing as he bit each of the finger-nails on his right hand trim in turn . |
| 12 | He folded his arms , admiring the two glittering rings on his right hand . |
| 13 | He had , however , proceeded in safety till he came to the Willow Walk , within half a mile of the church , when by a sudden stagger he quitted the path , and passed over a ditch on his right hand . |
| 14 | On his right hand he had a pile in black and white of various comics : Horror Gothic ; The Torturer ; The Monthly Guide to the Underground . |
| 15 | He grinned and winked , then studied the ring on his right hand , a stone of indeterminate colour . |
| 16 | And she had never had much time for Angela Cartwright , who , when it came to Grunte , tended to run with the hare , though it was plain enough that she had been put out by Grunte 's placing Hyacinth on his right hand and had agreed with Carole afterwards that they would have little trouble finding the necessary fifty signatures . |
| 17 | He flew again within the hour , fat blisters coming up on his right hand and not much left of his eyebrows . |
| 18 | Three of the fingers on his right hand were undamaged , but both arms had been crushed . |
| 19 | He wore a ring on his right hand ; the tabard and armour were royal . ’ |
| 20 | Morse sat down and rested his forehead on his right hand . |
| 21 | He wore a lime green tracksuit , gold sovereign ring and one of the fingers on his right hand was badly bruised . |
| 22 | Jimmy tottered back two steps , reached for the wall to steady himself , and then saw the blood on his gloved hand . |
| 23 | Ben Braithwaite , who could never stand being told what to do , particularly by the landlord of a common tavern , even if he did have a diamond on his swarthy hand and his name was Goldsborough , had spoken sharply . |
| 24 | One of the men , Declan Derek Duffy , 19 , known as ‘ Wacko , ’ has tattooed on his left hand the initials INLA — standing for Irish National Liberation Army which has claimed responsibility for the murder of Sgt Michael Newman , 34 . |
| 25 | He is extensively tattooed , with one on his right forearm of a rifle and a red star and on his left hand the initials INLA . |
| 26 | He has a tattoo of a swallow on his upper left arm and on his left hand a diamond on the first finger , heart on the second , club on the third and spade on the fourth . |
| 27 | He has a heart tattooed on his left hand and the initial F on his left forearm . |
| 28 | Then he will say to those on his left hand , ‘ The curse is upon you ; go from my sight to the eternal fire that is ready for the devil and his angels . |
| 29 | He would blow into one of his paper bags , somehow or another keep this in position , still open on his left hand and then with his right throw oranges into it . |
| 30 | Retired John Ownsworth , 55 , of Penistone , South Yorks , yesterday needed plastic surgery to save his thumb after the four fingers on his left hand were severed in the explosion . |