Example sentences of "his hand [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood up , walked towards her , leant his hands on the arms of her chair . |
| 2 | Corbett leaned over , putting his hands on the arms of the chair , his face a few inches away from de Craon 's . |
| 3 | His case is packed with the Crown Jewels , but Drebin , naturally , is only interested in getting his hands on the bottles of chilled Red Rock . |
| 4 | Gaston de Rochefort was still smiling , but Sabine saw that tell-tale tightening of his hands on the controls of the chair . |
| 5 | President Carlos Menem , keen on getting his hands on the proceeds of the privatisation before elections in the autumn , indicated last month that he will push the sale well ahead of schedule . |
| 6 | Nicola 's husband sat down on the sofa , rubbing his hands on the knees of his brown corduroy trousers , blinking through his spectacles . |
| 7 | Suragai tucked his hands into the sleeves of his surcoat . |
| 8 | Stone placed the glass on the table , leaned back in his chair and eased his hands into the pockets of his jeans . |
| 9 | He dug his hands into the pockets of his jacket and , because sailors are the most superstitious of men , he crossed his fingers . |
| 10 | Shoving his hands into the pockets of his overcoat he felt the little box that contained the tie pin . |
| 11 | Bernard dug his hands into the pockets of his dressing-gown and moved to the window where he stared across the lawn at the empty swimming pool . |
| 12 | Finally he stood up , thrusting his hands into the pockets of his black trousers . |
| 13 | ‘ Nothing , ’ he shrugged lightly , pushing his hands into the pockets of his shorts . |
| 14 | He stood up straight and thrust his hands into the pockets of his faded jeans . |
| 15 | ‘ I was angry ! ’ he admitted , thrusting his hands into the pockets of his trousers as he studied her , his eyes traversing her slender form , raking over the tangle of dark hair , her susceptible grey eyes , her full , sensual mouth , before lowering them in slow appraisal of her trim figure then returning them to her querulous expression . |
| 16 | Jake stuffed his hands into the pockets of his trousers . |
| 17 | Guido had thrust his hands into the pockets of his white trousers . |
| 18 | Jamie suddenly got to his feet , went to the railing , thrust his hands into the pockets of his white trousers , looked out across the city . |
| 19 | He ran his hands over the shoulders of the cloak , and found no more such minute splinters . |
| 20 | He had his hands in the pockets of his jeans , which were , as usual , at least two inches too short , and tucked under one arm were one or two schoolbooks . |
| 21 | With his hands in the pockets of his dinner jacket , he surveyed the room . |
| 22 | Adam sauntered in , his hands in the pockets of his dark city suit . |
| 23 | The chief superintendent stood by the window watching the descent of the autumn sun through a cobweb of grey cloud , his hands in the pockets of his trousers , which , Blanche noticed , were always slightly too tight . |
| 24 | She said something to the man who was with her , a thickset , dark-featured fellow , who stood with his hands in the pockets of his anorak frowning at the flood water . |
| 25 | Slater smiled , put his hands in the pockets of his mutilated jeans . |
| 26 | An interesting example is the case of a man in his mid-thirties who suffered from bad neck tension and who , while having his neck treated , began to rub his hands round the sides of his chest . |
| 27 | Daniel sat on the bed and clasped his hands against the sides of his head . |
| 28 | He reached inside , pushing his hand through the layers of packing and into something dark and pungent . |
| 29 | But Keith Miller , prosecuting , said Ninham took the boys into a Northern Echo depot where he pushed his hand down the backs of their trousers . |
| 30 | The Party will always remember that [ deployment of the PPA in civil unrest ] can only result from an extraordinary situation , jeopardizing … the foundations of the socialist system , a situation where all the paths of political action have been exhausted , where an obvious enemy has raised his hand against the achievements of the working people . |