Example sentences of "their hands " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I looked upon the earth and saw a dish set , and workmen lying by it , and their hands were in the dish : and they that were chewing chewed not , and they that were lifting the food lifted it not , and they that put it to their mouth put it not thereto , but the faces of all of them were looking upward . |
| 2 | All the grown-ups clapped their hands . |
| 3 | ‘ Mind you , ’ he added fairly , ‘ doctors are able to get their hands on poison more easily than most of us . ’ |
| 4 | The Auchtergaven men broke in at night with their faces blacked and knives in their hands . |
| 5 | People were stamping their feet and putting their hands in their armpits against the chill of an open , starry night . |
| 6 | A good many boys and girls had joined the crowd now and shouts of laughter broke out as a few of them came out from the gate in the kitchen-garden wall , their hands full of ripe peaches , their chins dripping with juice . |
| 7 | They looked like thy camp followers of an army , with their bundles of food , but they were carrying their best shoes in their hands . |
| 8 | The guests were crowding slowly past the wedded couple , kissing them , shaking their hands . |
| 9 | But they hate the Act so bitterly , not everybody will hold back their hands forever . |
| 10 | They took for granted what was dying in their hands . ’ |
| 11 | People sitting around tables in small classrooms , their hands bloody with commas … ’ |
| 12 | He still saw Irving Layton , and they decided to put their hands to playwriting ; which reinforced his mother 's concern ! |
| 13 | In Libet 's experiment , subjects were asked to move their hands at random times of their own choosing . |
| 14 | For example , when the musical phrases get complicated because of the use of many notes , the dancers find themselves using their hands feverishly in order to give every note its value . |
| 15 | MacMillan has made this last song a welcome to the future as the three protagonists quietly and slowly come forwards , their hands linked , gradually raising their heads as if greeting a new day . |
| 16 | David Calder and Polly Walker performed heroically in the leading roles : in their hands Brenton 's crudely stereotyped hack and his tediously distracted wench almost became convincing . |
| 17 | A member of Hong Kong 's Legislative Council , Nellie Fong , said the British were ‘ trying to wash their hands in the mantle of democracy ’ . |
| 18 | It spans 36 centuries , from 1600BC to AD1974 — the date of the Turkish invasion which left the ancient city of Famagusta in their hands . |
| 19 | With an eye on the trend for people with time on their hands to take up neglected crafts such as paint finishing and upholstery , Parissien notes , ‘ There are lots of courses on 101 things to do with furnishing fabrics , but there 's less for the layperson about structure , about actually saving your house . ’ |
| 20 | Roles were defined : mother in the kitchen , father owlishly awaiting his dinner , kids scrubbing their hands . |
| 21 | The crowds in turn shouted ‘ no violence ! ’ and put their hands above their heads , as if daring the Volkspolizei , the people 's police , and the plainclothes men , the Stasis , to beat them . |
| 22 | By June , the whole of northern Somalia was in their hands , with the exception of Hargeisa , the regional capital , and four garrison towns . |
| 23 | Until now reconnaisance pilots , because their hands and eyes are fully occupied , have had to remember what they see and compile reports later . |
| 24 | Members of Congress and administration officials ought , in theory , to be wringing their hands this week ; most are shrugging their shoulders . |
| 25 | But while their leaders considered these lofty goals , the party 's bureaucrats had more immediate problems on their hands — the prospect of unemployment . |
| 26 | He was escorting three German prisoners in the direction of Brigade H.Q The Germans were doubling along , their hands held high in the air , a look of apprehension on their faces . |
| 27 | The firing has ceased as we get to our feet , the Germans stand up , their hands above their heads leaving the wounded Officer on the ground . |
| 28 | They were sitting in a hollow in the centre of the orchard , their hands on their heads . |
| 29 | On one occasion , to kill time before a suitably uplifting film , we met at Waterloo station and decided to go to the cinema within the station precinct which showed a continuous programme of cartoons for the convenience of passengers with time on their hands . |
| 30 | Basically , it was a late surviving example of 19th century employers ' attitudes towards their staff : checking up on them all the time or they 'd have their hands in the till , It was straight out of H.G. Wells ' Mr Kipps . |