Example sentences of "hand and [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | I took Montaine by the hand and led her through the empty rooms … there were very many . |
| 32 | Rosie took Artemis by the hand and led her down the corridor to a small room right at the end . |
| 33 | He took her hand and led her to the open-air dance-floor just as the band slipped into the first of their slow numbers . |
| 34 | Alexander took her hand and led her to the door that led out on to the path that wound down towards the beach . |
| 35 | Then he took Victoria 's hand and led her towards the strange woman . |
| 36 | He made no response , but just took her hand and led her towards the stable-block . |
| 37 | I took her hand and led her into the centre of the dancers , as the light failed over Wimbledon . |
| 38 | He took her hand and led her into the atrium , where she turned and went into his arms . |
| 39 | He took her hand and led her up the steps . |
| 40 | She took his hand and led him into the sitting room . |
| 41 | The tiny woman took Tuppe by the hand and led him into the darkness at the rear of the shop . |
| 42 | And she took his hand and led him to the bed . |
| 43 | Doyle seemed wary and the Woman had started to fidget with her long tail of hair , holding it in one hand and drawing it through the fingers of the other . |
| 44 | as if from nowhere Henry , too , appeared and , crouching in the corner of the couch , Emma now watched him struggling with her mother , and when he wrenched the poker from her hand and flung it across the room , there was the sound of splintering wood , which brought about an inevitable silence , punctuated only by gasps . |
| 45 | This time it was Tessa , holding her pyjamas in her hand and wearing nothing but the tweed overcoat pulled tightly around her . |
| 46 | When his unlucky opponent approached , the fighter would grab the scabbard with his right hand and raise it in the air as if it were the knife . |
| 47 | She scooped up the bits of spilt polystyrene in her hand and dropped them into the waste-paper basket . |
| 48 | The man , who was Bill Sikes , seized Oliver with one strong hand and hit him on the head with the other . |
| 49 | From the clew first position release your back hand and place it on the mast below the boom . |
| 50 | Scott shot out a hand and grabbed her by the shoulder , spinning her round . |
| 51 | He grabbed her hand and hurried her after the group who were moving down to take their seats beside the long deep Lago Martel . |
| 52 | Holding out her hand , her smile wide , she said , ‘ It 's good to see you home again , Martin , ’ and his answer was to take her hand and kiss her on the cheek and say , ‘ It 's good to be home , Aunt . |
| 53 | There are even some ( not you , of course ! ) who have been known to lick the first finger of the right hand and dip it into the bottom of the packet , so that those tiny remaining crumbs of crisp can be finished off . |
| 54 | Didier took my hand and pulled me along the rue Victorie in the direction of the Café du Coin . |
| 55 | It fastened on Mala like a grasping hand and snatched her into the air . |
| 56 | She almost wept with relief as his strong fingers closed round her hand and guided her to the safety of a broad platform of stone , where at last it was possible to stand upright . |
| 57 | She kept hold of his hand and guided him from the room . |
| 58 | She made for the door , but as perforce she had to pass him he put out a hand and caught her by the wrist . |
| 59 | I had nobody to take my hand and lead me through the obstacles . |
| 60 | And , as they 're all around us , in everything from Carter 's Glitter Band singalongs to The Orb 's concept albums — and ‘ Tubular Bells II ’ ! — let DAVID QUANTICK , ANDREW COLLINS and DANNY KELLY take you by the hand and lead you through The Decade That Said ‘ Nice One Cyril ’ — and got away with it ! |