Example sentences of "her hands " in BNC.
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| 1 | The central figure , St Cecilia , seems rapt in such inspiration as produced her image in the painter 's mind ; her deep , dark , eloquent eyes lifted up ; her chestnut hair flung back from her forehead — she holds an organ in her hands — her countenance , as it were , calmed by the depth of its passion and rapture , and penetrated throughout with the warm and radiant light of life . |
| 2 | Maxine Venables held her hands clasped before her as if in supplication . |
| 3 | The six competitors sat at the tea tables , together but strangely separate — each gazing at her hands or off into the distance , and never at one another . |
| 4 | Gently they lifted the bedraggled form as Bert came lumbering down from the 3 and 4 landing , with Gilbert Forbes behind him , and behind him the trembling form of Jessie , wringing her hands . |
| 5 | Claire said , and sat on her hands . |
| 6 | She cupped her hands round Lucy 's sweet fine chin and drew her lips against her own , tongue trembling into the wet hotness of Lucy 's mouth , exploring behind her lips , Lucy 's tongue tentative then sure . |
| 7 | Lucy read , and between her sudden fascination for the floor tiles , edge of the table cloth , light thru' the wine glasses , Jay shot glances at Lucy , delirious at how small her hands were , how the rings she wore seemed to hold those tiny fingers together , how she longed to touch , kiss and suck those hands , nuzzle the inside of Lucy 's wrists . |
| 8 | She poured more champagne and noticed her hands were shaking . |
| 9 | She knelt in front of Lucy , clasped her hands . |
| 10 | Her hands moved over Jay 's shoulders . |
| 11 | She ripped her shirt from her jeans and her hands held Lucy 's head like fine porcelain . |
| 12 | From somewhere , her hands found a diary and wrote Lucy against the date four weeks away . |
| 13 | And I do not give you permission to fling yourself at her feet , grab her hands and weep into her palms . |
| 14 | Jay had a horror of moths flying into her face and hair ; she liked to think of herself as someone who cups her hands for moths and spiders and frees them . |
| 15 | But her hands were gripping into fists . |
| 16 | Would that we could fall into her arms without falling into her hands . ’ |
| 17 | Her hands also behaved unexpectedly . |
| 18 | She leant her elbows on the table , clasped her hands lightly and rested her chin on them . |
| 19 | She leaned back against the seat , her hands pressed between her own legs . |
| 20 | Arthritis crippled her hands so she had to give up , most reluctantly , the flute and then a series of eye operations ended in virtual blindness . |
| 21 | Her husband Colin noticed responsive movements in her hands and jaw as he continued a bedside vigil . |
| 22 | She plucked a great hank of silk thread from the girdle of her spinsterhood ; tied one end of it to the wedding ring of her virginity and , looping the two ends of the hank over either wrist , spread her hands and invited Maggie to take the other end and wind a neat ball . |
| 23 | Maggie , who had never learned such useful arts from either of the women who had brought her up , had to be shown what was required , but soon the smooth rhythm of one woman winding and the other co-operating by swinging her hands in and out as the thread unwound , pleased and comforted her . |
| 24 | As she lay there on her bed Maggie suddenly raised her arms , breaking the iconic cruciform of her pose , and ran her hands over her naked chest . |
| 25 | It was quite small and she could hold it easily between her hands . |
| 26 | Now , with it in her hands , she knew absolutely that it was not a worthless Victorian copy , as Rachel had once told her . |
| 27 | She was sitting at the table with her chocolate cooling in the mug between her hands . |
| 28 | She put her elbows on the desk and rested her head in her hands . |
| 29 | The doctor was rubbing her hands , probably to warm them , but it looked like a gesture of glee and greed . |
| 30 | Her hands were warm and competent . |