Example sentences of "[verb] it with [adj] 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | you have to do it with that hand |
| 7 | Fielding it with one hand , she sobered , and , putting her glass down on the fender , she hugged the cushion on her knees . |
| 8 | ‘ Trust me to get a cat like you , ’ said Mildred fondly , stroking it with one hand and unclasping its claws with the other . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He steadied it with one hand whilst with the other he slammed the doors , then holding the handle of the basket , he tottered away . |
| 11 | She held it with one hand while the other went to her throat , as Nellie 's face appeared at the door . |
| 12 | 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 . |