Example sentences of "hands up [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and I mean but the quite the majority of them er put their hands up for Paddy Ashdown . |
| 2 | Gerrard came back to the dais and held his hands up for silence , and though there was still a good deal of noise he made himself heard above it . |
| 3 | No , he calmly surveys them , holds his hands up for silence — and I know for a fact he ca n't speak a word of Japanese . ’ |
| 4 | Welsh coach Clive Griffiths said : ‘ I hold my hands up to England . |
| 5 | Sophie threw her hands up in despair . |
| 6 | Nigel Simpkins of Nottingham University , editor of the RSC book 100 Modern reagents , agreed that synthetic organic chemists ‘ can live without carbon tetrachloride as a solvent — in an academic environment I do n't think people are going to throw their hands up in horror . |
| 7 | Historically the transport business has always been a male dominated area therefore it may have been expected that the drivers would bite hard on their Yorkie bars and throw their hands up in horror at the prospect of not only having a lady boss , but one who had n't even got a driving licence for a Mini let alone a 38-tonne artic . |
| 8 | You see I I think er er probably one of the best erm Ministers of er of er Education that er has been for quite some considerable time and I bet you throw your hands up in horror when I say this you will totally disagree and I 'm talking here cos his name 's just slipped out of my mind . |
| 9 | Mike threw his hands up in defeat . |
| 10 | One ambulanceman summed up the mood as he threw his hands up in disgust and muttered : ‘ Absolute rubbish . |