Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] hand on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was only the hint of a similar tension in his husky tones as he laid his hands on the ledge of the pulpit . |
| 2 | He laid his hands on the chair arms . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't know how he got his hands on the cards , ’ said Mr McKenzie outside court . |
| 4 | Outside the court , Mr McKenzie said : ‘ I do n't know how he got his hands on the cards . ’ |
| 5 | Athelstan swore that if he got his hands on the fellow , Cranston would have another murder to investigate . |
| 6 | He wiped his hands on a towel he had brought with him . |
| 7 | He wiped his hands on the wet grass beside the grave and ordered the reluctant soldier back to secure the lid of the coffin and cover it with soil . |
| 8 | He wiped his hand on the cloth his Dad gave him and went into the living-room . |
| 9 | Though I should walk in the valley of the shadow of death , save me spasms , he ceased , and lying back quietly now , with no words teeming in his head , he wiped his hand on the ground . |
| 10 | Forcing his way through a gap in a hedge , he caught his hand on a thorn and saw beads of blood ooze from a long scratch . |
| 11 | He rested his hand on a cardboard box behind the tea chest and pushed himself up . |
| 12 | Willie was so absorbed that he did n't notice that his knees were being licked and unconsciously he rested his hand on the back of Sammy 's neck . |
| 13 | Then he folded his hands on the tabletop , and waited . |
| 14 | He braced his hand on the staircase rail at his left and looked around him into the shadows . |
| 15 | He placed his hand on the plinth as one might lay a hand upon a sacred object so that its virtue might flow from it to oneself . |
| 16 | He placed his hand on the huge bible lying there . |
| 17 | Thought he placed his hand on the ball anyway he 's got away with it and Phillips at the other end is under pressure from Speedy and that 's a corner off Chettle . |
| 18 | One day I darted out of his way and he broke his hand on the settee . |
| 19 | He flattened his hand on the table . |
| 20 | He rubbed his hand on the seat of his pants before offering it to me . |
| 21 | But he kept his hand on the hilt , and his eyes on the assassin . |
| 22 | All the time he talked he kept his hand on the bonnet , partly for reassurance — he was less confident than he seemed — and partly as a caress . |
| 23 | Then he put my hand on the flies of his trousers . |
| 24 | He put his hands on the big mirror , first here , then there . |
| 25 | He put his hands on the marine blue wash-basin and his body sagged forward . |
| 26 | He put his hand on the handle . |
| 27 | He put his hand on the door handle and tested it . |
| 28 | He put his hand on the back of Lucien 's neck in a threatening manner . |
| 29 | He put his hand on the messenger 's shoulder . |
| 30 | It burned all the top of his head and he hung a hot thing over the handle on the door - front door and so he put his hand on the handle and there was piece of skin it was all burned off |