Example sentences of "[det] hand [conj] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cones are now all flowing with pitch , and my hands are soon so covered with it that I can not easily cast down my booty when I would , it sticks to my fingers so ; and when I get down at last and have picked them up , I can not touch my basket with such hands but carry it on my arm , nor can I pick up my coat which I have taken off unless with my teeth — or else I kick it up and catch it on my arm . |
| 2 | ‘ Because my family were lawyers and self-employed , I 've always had the feeling that I would rather hold my future in my own hands than have it in somebody else 's . |
| 3 | He gave one last poke with the bat and , throwing it to the ground , clasped both hands and raised them above his head . |
| 4 | Meredith marched across , grasped his pullover in both hands and dragged him off the pillows to shake him violently . |
| 5 | He jabbed out both hands and ripped hers from over her ears , pinning them to her sides , grinding , ‘ We both know you 're a little scrubber . |
| 6 | He sat on the top step , raised the automatic with both hands and aimed it at the arm that was writhing in the aperture below . |
| 7 | Benin turned back to Vasili then gripped the cassette in both hands and snapped it in half , allowing the tape to spill out on to the road . |