Example sentences of "[prep] the other hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clasp your hands behind your back — it is sometimes easier if one hand grasps the thumb of the other hand . |
| 2 | The handlers stood on one side , each holding his bird in a double grip , one arm underneath for support , the fingers of the other hand loosely grasping the crop . |
| 3 | She took a playful swipe at his face , but Harvey caught it on the flat of his hand , then she struck at him with the palm of the other hand and they did a pat-a-cake routine . |
| 4 | He said well he used to go and he 'd sort of look up at it , and he 'd sort of think about how he was gon na put it in there he said then he 'd be going like this then he 'd sort of get hold of the other hand he said and he 'd put it in like that and these other old boys are going like this with full hands you know ? |
| 5 | If you do n't succeed in lifting the foot , then simply knock it outwards with your rear guard hand while punching with the other hand . |
| 6 | I try to comfort Mrs S , while ringing with the other hand to cancel the 999 . |
| 7 | Gazzer saw her take one hand off the top of the gates and jam it into a wide split in the wood , then she crouched down and grabbed Simon 's jacket with the other hand . |
| 8 | When he was satisfied that the blade was true , he held up his left arm , pinching the tip of his nose between thumb and forefinger , and with the other hand began to shave his lathered upper lip . |
| 9 | Some people find it easiest to put the seeds in the palm of their cupped hand whilst gently tapping with the other hand so that the seeds are rolled slowly down the groove formed on the palm . |
| 10 | Indeed , while with one hand trying to hold down expenditure by local authorities , the Government found itself by the late 1980s involved with the other hand in massive ear-marked spending on inner urban areas . |
| 11 | Men , he said , used to approach the nest 60 yards down on a rope , and holding a piked stick in one hand to protect themselves from the parent birds ’ attacks , with the other hand seize the eggs or chicks , the latter was a valued object and the former they could sell for 5/ each . |
| 12 | So absorbed , or intoxicated , was it that I used to photograph it with the other hand . |
| 13 | Theresa gave him a brief , pitying smile , dragged the plastic bags from beneath the seat then expertly freed her brother and settled him on her left hip while , with the other hand , she collapsed the pushchair , with a single vigorous shake . |
| 14 | Legs and feet : Hold a foot in one hand and gently pull the toes with the other hand . |
| 15 | Twelve-stone Derek hoisted the the three-quarter ton trailer and scooped four-year-old Luke Norbury to safety with the other hand . |
| 16 | With the other hand he kept stroking the casing , rubbing and patting it . |
| 17 | A variation that we used to do , but which takes a little practice to get right , is to cut an elastic band , hold one end with your thumb or finger tip just below the implant , reach round the back with the other hand , stretch the elastic and , keeping it stretched , bring the end round and over the section under your thumb , grip it in the same way , pass round again and over the starting point . |
| 18 | Turning back , he quickly scanned the sheet again , looked up at the clock , and reached forward to slide a knob towards himself , at the same time sliding another away with the other hand — presumably fading out the music . |
| 19 | She carried an oil can in one hand , and held the side of her long skirts with the other hand . |
| 20 | His need for comfort overrode every other consideration and Julia cradled his head with one arm , stroking his thick , soft hair with the other hand . |
| 21 | Her head beat from side to side and she said , ‘ Yes , yes , yes , yes , ’ again , then Lachlan — wiry , athletic-looking , skinny shanks ramming back and forth like some skinny bull — reached under her , pulled her up , his legs spreading , kneeling ; she hung onto him , arms round his neck , then after a few vertical stabs he threw her down , back onto the bed ; she grunted , arms still tight round his back , then she brought her legs up , right up over his thin , plunging , globe-buttocked behind , until her ankles were in the small of his back , rocking to and fro , feet crossed one over the other , locked there ; with one splayed hand she held onto his back , pressing him to her , and with the other hand she felt down the length of his body , over ribs and waist and hips , and with another grunt reached round and under , taking his balls in her hand , pressing them and kneading them and squeezing them . |
| 22 | Cardiff was clutching at his shirtfront with the other hand . |
| 23 | For an older child , use your hand made into a fist , using gentle but firm upwards pressure with the other hand supporting his back . |
| 24 | With the other hand as he kissed her this chaste cool kiss , he reached back and shook free something from behind his neck . |
| 25 | He held it there , and with the other hand cradled one of the globes of her breasts and jounced it , like a buyer testing a melon 's weight in the market . |
| 26 | I had got hold of the suitcase and with the other hand I unclasped her fingers from my hair . |
| 27 | The doctor will ask you to relax ; he will insert gloved fingers into the vagina and feel your abdomen with the other hand . |
| 28 | The fingers of one hand tugged and pulled , ineffectually , at the dark hair , while with the other hand she held him , her breast thrust against him , feeling the strength of her longing sap the power from her limbs . |
| 29 | It is a spectacularly successful conjuring trick that capitalism in the West has pulled off : with one hand cutting down on paid labour by encouraging people to regard the jobs that used to be done by other workers as new forms of leisure , whilst with the other hand establishing new ( and more profitable ) economic sectors around voluntary pastoral care , such as care for the elderly . |
| 30 | Business men find it especially odd that the Labour party intends to introduce a minimum wage with one hand while with the other hand it would remove our tax cuts for the lowest paid . |