Example sentences of "[verb] my hand on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With all sorts of primeval fears about dark cupboards and traps and ghostly animals I put my hand on the handle , turned it , pulled and jumped back . |
| 2 | I put my hand on the last page , and hesitated . |
| 3 | God help me , I put my hand on the ruin of his head , and then I knew he was dead . |
| 4 | I put my hand on the place where your heart was meant to be . |
| 5 | A NASTY SCENE the other night after I refuse to put my hand on The Bump . |
| 6 | But I soon learnt to get those cows out without messing up my nice clean cow shed , what we used to do , because wanting to get the first one out very quietly , I used to put my hand on the tail , press the tail to the backside and push her out ! |
| 7 | I placed my hand on the top of the skull and waited . |
| 8 | ‘ Larry , ’ she said , ‘ I 've just burnt my hand on the oven grid because of you . ’ |
| 9 | I had cut my hand on the gun : it was n't bleeding much but the little finger was bent sideways and I could n't move it . |
| 10 | The room had one other chair , a red velvet-covered rocker , having massive springs and I well remember how , when sitting on this on one occasion , absent-mindedly put my hand on the bottom leg . |
| 11 | Then he put my hand on the flies of his trousers . |
| 12 | I then put my hand on the throttles and said : " This reduces the power . " |
| 13 | If I could get my hand on the dirty little tyke who wrote it — ‘ |
| 14 | I mean , I 've put my hand on The Bump lots of times already , and all you can say really when it jiggles about is , ‘ How nice ’ , and ‘ Is n't that interesting ’ and ‘ Wonder if it 's a boy or a girl ? ’ |
| 15 | There was other stuff in similar vein but by this time I had my hand on the Yale latch and was opening the door . |