Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] hand at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's time to try my hand at the settled life . |
| 2 | When Reynolds 's Newspaper ( 9 November 1856 ) tried its hand at a garotting song , it summed up the feeling well enough : |
| 3 | I agree with Eldon Snyder and Elmer Spreitzer that : ‘ Like all of education , physical education should provide opportunities for students to try their hand at a variety of activities as sources of possible self-realization . |
| 4 | The estate 's extensive grounds offer excellent opportunities for many pleasant walks and include a small lake where guests are permitted to try their hand at a little fishing . |
| 5 | They include a party of German businessmen , keen to try their hand at the traditional Highland Games sports of shot-putting and caber-tossing , and a group of Australians . |
| 6 | Yesterday , illicit smokers were fined for taking a puff as the college was declared a no smoking zone , while more health-conscious students tried their hands at the Clacton Olympics . |
| 7 | Great cars helped to develop great drivers and wealthy Britons Lord Howe and Sir Henry Birkin were two of the many aristocrats that tried their hand at the sport . |
| 8 | Despite pleas from his mother , Jackie was next to try his hand at the sport . |
| 9 | In 1984 he married a French woman , and the following year travelled to France to try his hand at the colour photography which seemed so popular in European magazines . |
| 10 | Later during the first journey , comedian Jimmy Edwards tried his hand at the controls . |
| 11 | He tried his hand at the Can-Am series in North America . |
| 12 | Guinness tried his hand at the new Porter with rather more success than his fellow Dublin brewers . |
| 13 | Place your hands at the base of the back , on either side of the spine with your fingers relaxed , pointing towards the head . |
| 14 | ‘ Which is why you decided to try your hand at a kind of modelling that would pay better , ’ he said . |
| 15 | A chance to try your hand at the ancient art of Drystone Walling . |
| 16 | One evening , in the summer of 1974 , when Susan checked her hands at the scanner , … |
| 17 | I have a pee , then I wash my hands at the sink . |
| 18 | Well it 's not that hot if you put your hand at the side . |
| 19 | I offered my thanks to the interviewer for seeing me and shook his/her hand at the end . |
| 20 | He could meet the woman in the shop , pass through the curtain in the back make sure her husband was out , and fuck her , that 's what was being asked of him ; then help her , drop a word in the police chief 's ear , shrug his shoulders and wave his hands at the severity of the charges , promise on his professional honour that such a boy was hardly a threat . |
| 21 | I also think that there is n't a woman alive who would n't like to have a companion to be there with a cup of tea when she 's in bed with the flu and a high temperature , or holding her hand at the surgery when she 's awaiting the result of a test . |
| 22 | Bazille was killed a few months before his twenty-ninth birthday in the Franco-Prussian war , and since then scholars have been wringing their hands at the loss of a potential ‘ great Impressionist ’ , discounting the possibility that he could equally have evolved into a third-rate artist like Sisley or Morisot . |
| 23 | The woman whose title had baffled Eileen waved her hand at the other girl dismissively . |
| 24 | Sarah waved her hand at the girl , her voice sounding more confident than she actually felt . |
| 25 | She waved her hand at the drinks table . |
| 26 | ‘ For two miles across the dunes , ’ he waved his hand at the lumpy landscape , ‘ there are walks for naturists . |
| 27 | He waved his hand at the firewood . |
| 28 | Invigorate your hands at the end of a massage by rubbing them together until vibrant , then relax them . |
| 29 | And — just for ten minutes , ten or fifteen minutes , and the others stay with me , and we 'll just try our hands at a couple of |
| 30 | Although I do seem to remember a little scene after you 'd carelessly cut your hand at the fountain , when I mentioned a few more personal attributes that were to my liking . ’ |