Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] hand [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She laid her hands on the top of his shoulders and kneaded the base of his neck with her thumbs . |
| 2 | As she laid her hand on the little mare 's neck , she quivered violently , but did n't move away . |
| 3 | She clapped her hand over the bit he was peering at . |
| 4 | She offers her hand in the Masai manner , her head bowed . |
| 5 | She wiped her hands on the white T-shirt she was wearing , leaving pink smears all over it . |
| 6 | She wiped her hands on the backside of her shorts . |
| 7 | When she got her hands on the bugger , that was . |
| 8 | She passed her hand over the surface . |
| 9 | Despairingly she moved her hands along the slender curves of her body , naked between the sheets . |
| 10 | She moved her hands among the leaves of the tomato plants , liking their roughness and hairiness , their harsh earthy smell , a bit sour , like that of geraniums . |
| 11 | She moved her hand across the table , touched his arm , squeezed it for comfort . |
| 12 | She has her hand on the door , and I have my gun pointing at her chest . |
| 13 | As she clenched her hands on the rail until they hurt , she fought to hate him , to make herself angry , not to give in to the terrible despair that kept threatening to overwhelm her . |
| 14 | She dried her hands on the kitchen towel , adding , ‘ I worry about Ernest . |
| 15 | She lifted her hand to the board and let it drop . |
| 16 | She slammed her hands on the desk and papers flew in every direction . |
| 17 | Charlotte chose one of the least ostentatious chairs , only to find , when she rested her hand on the rounded end of the arm , that it had been carved in the likeness of a naked woman bending forwards , between whose ample gilded buttocks one of her fingers was dangling . |
| 18 | Then she clasped her hands to the seat of her breeches and both hands got covered in the muck . |
| 19 | Her screams were not heard and in a struggle she cut her hand on the knife . |
| 20 | She thrust her hands into the pockets of her peach-pattern culotte-shorts , and battled with her errant temper . |
| 21 | This small ritual exchange , so invariable that she could silently mouth his words and had to resist an impulse to giggle , the familiar domestic aroma of the tea , the gradual warmth as she curved her hands around the thick mug , constituted a reassuring and comforting beginning to the working day . |
| 22 | Remembering the cup in her pocket , she pressed her hand over the flap to hide it . |
| 23 | She watched his hands on the wheel , wanting them touching her , stroking her skin , caressing her body and making it come alive . |
| 24 | It is alleged that she placed her hand over the baby 's mouth , compressed her nose and tried to murder her . |
| 25 | Aggie got up from her knees and grunted as she placed her hand in the small of her back . |
| 26 | She waved her hand at the drinks table . |
| 27 | They , " she waved her hand towards the door , " They will pull her away from her , take bits of her that used to be all ours , and she 'll be like a visitor here . " |
| 28 | She waved her hand in the direction of the open door where beyond a wilderness of pretty villas , stacked white-washed town houses and holiday apartments filled the landscape . |
| 29 | She reached her hand across the big back tyre and gripped Rory 's . |
| 30 | Jessie rose from the table now , but she did n't move away from it , she leant her hands on the edge of it and , bending towards Agnes and in a mere whisper now , she said , ‘ Father 's got to understand that I have a life of my own ; I 'm not a china doll to be babied . ’ |