Example sentences of "[verb] her hand on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At that time , ’ recalls Vivien , who was the first British player to try her hand on the American Tour , ‘ the LPGA needed all the publicity and good will it could get . |
| 2 | She has her hand on the door , and I have my gun pointing at her chest . |
| 3 | As she laid her hand on the little mare 's neck , she quivered violently , but did n't move away . |
| 4 | She brushed the white flowers and wiped her hand on the earth . |
| 5 | They were grappling , and she 'd got her hand on the woman 's windpipe , holding her off , squeezing . |
| 6 | Charlotte chose one of the least ostentatious chairs , only to find , when she rested her hand on the rounded end of the arm , that it had been carved in the likeness of a naked woman bending forwards , between whose ample gilded buttocks one of her fingers was dangling . |
| 7 | Her screams were not heard and in a struggle she cut her hand on the knife . |
| 8 | Slamming her hand on the table , cutting off the other girl in mid-sentence , she denied frantically , ‘ No ! ’ |
| 9 | Tess placed her hand on the stone and swore . |
| 10 | However , he continued to hold her hand on the walk back to the main track , where he again drew her close to his side while taking her arm . |
| 11 | She kept her hand on the pilot 's yoke and followed through on his movements in case of trouble , but without any qualms he greased the Seneca on to the eleven-thousand-foot Runway 27 at Goose Bay . |
| 12 | Bella put her hand on the receiver of the telephone by her chair but , even before she could lift it , she heard someone prise open the bedroom window . |
| 13 | She bobbed a curtsy and put her hand on the gleaming brass door knob . |
| 14 | She put her hand on the older woman 's shoulder and Aunt Margaret blindly grasped it with her own bird-claw . |
| 15 | She put her hand on the wooden knob of the kitchen table drawer . |
| 16 | As I got there she put her hand on the cut and actually squeezed it , so the blood ran out quite violently , all down his leg . |
| 17 | For the second time , Alexandra set down her basket and put her hand on the door handle . |
| 18 | Once again he sounded full of pain and Maggie put her hand on the strong brown arm ; she just could n't help it . |
| 19 | Immediately she put her hand on the ignition key , but she was too late . |
| 20 | Emily turned , putting her hand on the switch . |
| 21 | She was already moving away from the little cot and had her hand on the gas mantle and was turning it down . |
| 22 | Susan had her hand on the door . |
| 23 | She had her hand on the door , but , before she could follow through her intention to slam it in his face , Naylor gave a mighty roar of utter outrage . |
| 24 | Knowing that there was nothing for it but to go and apologise and , if possible , explain that her regularly serviced car was misbehaving , Fabia had her hand on the door-handle when she realised that she had no need to move . |
| 25 | That evening , when Tabitha Jute finally set her hand on the battered aluminium doorknob , it was still a cheerfully disreputable establishment , catering to the social needs of those who felt more comfortable doing business in an environment with a degree of sleaze to it . |
| 26 | He gently held her hand on the table . |
| 27 | Rory patted her hand on the table . |