Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] hands [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | And when Simon , they they laid their hands on the folk and God in his graciousness pours out his spirit and they receive the Holy Spirit . |
| 32 | She wiped her hands on the white T-shirt she was wearing , leaving pink smears all over it . |
| 33 | Theodora wiped her hands on the damp grass and lay down again beneath the currant bushes . |
| 34 | She wiped her hands on the backside of her shorts . |
| 35 | The way they clapped their hands to the music , sang the words , and applauded rapturously after each number . |
| 36 | When she got her hands on the bugger , that was . |
| 37 | ‘ The lads were joking that I would be back in the team before they got their hands on the trophy , ’ said McGuinness . |
| 38 | The Court of Appeal in Gregory ( 1982 ) 77 Cr App R 41 considered this case to be one of " instantaneous appropriation " , yet Pitham & Hehl does look like a case where the course of stealing was not complete at the time when the defendants got their hands on the furniture . |
| 39 | KONICA Rejects got their hands on the Glaslyn Cup competed for at Porthmadog after a break of 16 years when they beat Harry 's Bluebirds in a penalty shoot-out in a dramatic final . |
| 40 | One evening , in the summer of 1974 , when Susan checked her hands at the scanner , … |
| 41 | Jennifer held her breath with excitement as the older woman passed her hands over the misty sphere and stared into its centre . |
| 42 | I stood , swayed , dropped my hands to the steps and crawled up . |
| 43 | I have a pee , then I wash my hands at the sink . |
| 44 | When I put my hands in the pockets I felt bank-notes . |
| 45 | I hold my hands over the cooker like I was a boy scout crouched over a camp-fire . |
| 46 | She dried her hands on the kitchen towel , adding , ‘ I worry about Ernest . |
| 47 | She slammed her hands on the desk and papers flew in every direction . |
| 48 | Grainne took the hot fragrant wine gratefully , and cupped her hands about the goblet for warmth . |
| 49 | As , like Pontius Pilate , the ancestors gladly wash their hands of the sordid business of administering justice , witchcraft readily steps forward to take the necessary action , acquiring in the process an even more clearly defined moralizing character . |
| 50 | They wash their hands of the matter . |
| 51 | He flinched as Sweetheart lifted her hands in the air and let them fall back into her lap with a sigh of exasperation . |
| 52 | ‘ You and me both , ’ Jane grumbled , standing up and smoothing her hands down the front of her creased navy and white pleated skirt . |
| 53 | Could all Labour Party members in the audience , in the delegations , put their hands in the air please . |
| 54 | As the couple approached him , George could not hear what remarks were passed but saw the dull flush of anger suffuse the shepherd 's face , as the farmer picked up his wrist and spanned it , passing his hands up the man 's arms to judge his muscles . |
| 55 | An experiment with a psychic healer passing his hands over the polymer-coated slide , resulted in a tearing of the film membrane in several places . |
| 56 | ‘ Nothing , ’ he shrugged lightly , pushing his hands into the pockets of his shorts . |
| 57 | Guido had thrust his hands into the pockets of his white trousers . |
| 58 | Taking care not to scratch his hands on the holding spikes , he rummaged through the weed feeling for that spasm of movement which would indicate a dying fish . |
| 59 | The driver of the long-distance lorry would tighten his hands on the wheel and urge his machine faster past the bleak terrain that marks fear and anxiety across the breadth of the Motherland . |
| 60 | Cupping his hands in the large jug , he splashed cold water over his face and chest , rubbing it up and down his arms before towelling himself down . |