Example sentences of "[pos pn] hands " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feel it in my hands still , the little livre de poche edn . |
| 2 | as if I was holding the thought in my hands , looking at it , turning it about . |
| 3 | From the moment you take the big glass off my hands you will have the sole responsibility for it . |
| 4 | as if now I know it will soon be off my hands time has started to move forward again . |
| 5 | Once they had left , I locked myself in , went back to my desk , sat down and buried my head in my hands . |
| 6 | I sat with my head in my hands for a while , then I went over to my desk and took out a small framed photograph of Anne and myself which I always hid before she arrived . |
| 7 | I gazed at them for a while and then buried my head in my hands . |
| 8 | He went away and I started to look down at my hands again . |
| 9 | I took the mug in my hands . |
| 10 | I took another one and then just sat there , warming my hands on the mug and staring at the coffee . |
| 11 | I just wanted to warm my hands a bit that 's all . ’ |
| 12 | Sparkle fine and curving like I remember your breasts in my hands . |
| 13 | Leonard recalled his own practice of that time , an ‘ instinctive ’ use of ‘ primitive meditation ’ : ‘ I sat with my hands on my lap , like a cataleptic … like Ezekiel ! |
| 14 | Perhaps nowhere else is the mood and tone of love more beautifully expressed than in his poem ‘ Beneath My Hands ’ ( The Spice-Box Of Earth ) : |
| 15 | Beneath my hands |
| 16 | ‘ Any idea where I could lay my hands on an idiot 's guide to disputes ? ’ he asked . |
| 17 | See my hands ? ’ |
| 18 | It took courage to do this as I was fearful the ants might swarm over the spade and run all the way up the handle to my hands . |
| 19 | ‘ I want to run my hands down the length of your legs . |
| 20 | Aisha 's gold chain which I 'd carried away from her house hidden among my clothes was in my hands one moment and the next on the counter in the Oxford Street goldsmith 's . |
| 21 | Last Christmas , having loads of time on my hands over the holidays , I decided to take the plunge and make one at least as nice theirs . |
| 22 | As a professional carver I thought it only natural to get my hands on one of those new Arbortech Woodcarvers to add to my compendium of tools last year . |
| 23 | ‘ In fact , ’ Mr Sedgemore said ‘ his actual words were : ‘ Grass will grow on my hands before I consider their re-employment ’ . ' |
| 24 | I swore I 'd never take my hands out of my pockets again . |
| 25 | The air was thick with them , and lumps were beginning to appear on my hands and face as they thrust their needle-like heads into my skin . |
| 26 | Taff thrust a mug of very hot tea into my hands . |
| 27 | I quickly declined his offer by shaking my head and putting my hands above my head in mock surrender . |
| 28 | He thrust a mug of tea into my hands , with the remark , ‘ Get that down you , Piper , and keep your head down . ’ |
| 29 | After a quick wash and shave , dressed in a freshly pressed kilt and battledress blouse , polished boots and all , I presented myself with the other Commandos at the orderly room to get my hands on that very important rail pass . |
| 30 | The worst thing about the job is dealing with bureaucracy while the best thing is the two or three days I spend each week out on the hill getting my hands dirty , visiting worksites and clients . |