Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [pron] [adj] hand " in BNC.

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1 He opened its eyes , and standing astride the small body , he clasped it between his rough hands and pulled it up .
2 She covered it with her other hand , then , fearing that a hot hand might be enervating , she opened her fingers just wide enough to let in a little air and light .
3 Deeply rooted in peasant culture was the belief that the land should belong to whoever worked it with his own hands .
4 But she twisted round and took him in her dusty hands , he felt the blood pump past her fingers .
5 JC : Ben took it into his own hands .
6 Howard converted them with his own hands , as he did everything else on the property .
7 Obediently she put it into his outstretched hand .
8 With a great effort , holding his concentration as though he had it in his two hands , he added .
9 ‘ I do n't want to think about anything but this , ’ Cora-Beth murmured as her hands caressed his shoulders and moved down his body until , with a little gasp , she held his in her cupped hands .
10 Nathan grabbed his empty coffee-mug and pushed it into her unsteady hand , turning aside .
11 He pulled the video-cassette free and gripped it in his free hand , the pistol still trained on the tall
12 Auntie let down her umbrella , furled it properly , and held it in her right hand , her handbag in her left .
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