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Example sentences of "[verb] it [prep] one hand " in BNC.

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1	‘ I used to worry about Darth Vader , ’ Prentice confessed , putting his arm round Rory 's waist and lifting his foot to massage it with one hand .
2	No erm as I say , I never saw her in there erm I looked under the bed saw nothing was there , I just dropped it with one hand .
3	She was trying to open it with one hand , while the other held the bearskin to her breasts , when Guy reached down and retrieved her shift .
4	They got ta do it with one hand in their pocket .
5	if you hold it in one hand .
6	The difference being , that if it 's a saucepan then obviously a saucepan you lift it with one hand and if it 's full of hot water or something then you 'd have to be careful .
7	Doyle seemed wary and the Woman had started to fidget with her long tail of hair , holding it in one hand and drawing it through the fingers of the other .
8	Fielding it with one hand , she sobered , and , putting her glass down on the fender , she hugged the cushion on her knees .
9	‘ Trust me to get a cat like you , ’ said Mildred fondly , stroking it with one hand and unclasping its claws with the other .
10	I shifted it from one hand to the other in an attempt to ease the pain in my back and shoulders .
11	Kate tried to ignore his admiring glance , but she could n't help blushing a little , which showed how much off balance she was because normally she was so used to this sort of conversation that she could , as it were , verbally handle it with one hand tied behind her back .
12	He steadied it with one hand whilst with the other he slammed the doors , then holding the handle of the basket , he tottered away .
13	She held it with one hand while the other went to her throat , as Nellie 's face appeared at the door .
14	She rested the child she was carrying on the parapet , the child being asleep , and held it with one hand as she used the other to search at her breast purse for her money .