Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [pos pn] hand for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He holds up his hands for quiet again . |
| 2 | She said : ‘ He holds out his hands for him and loves to have him on his knee . |
| 3 | I hold out my hand for the hat and he gives it to me . |
| 4 | Accusing him of having " cruelly deceived " the Soviet people and of having reduced " this great powerful country " to the level of " holding out its hands for alms " , she told Gorbachev : " You bring in your wake destruction , ruin , famine , cold , blood and tears . " |
| 5 | I do n't wonder my lord of Kent is holding out his hands for it . |
| 6 | There was a long , hot moment in which all three of us were penned in a triangle of critical regard — Laura fiercely indifferent to everything except the health of her blaze ; me awkwardly between , holding out my hand for the axe ; Edward , old man suddenly , hating his years and his uncertain hands , humiliated , furious with Laura , resentful of my youth , and profoundly unwilling to surrender the axe . |
| 7 | He stuck out his hand for a handshake . |
| 8 | ‘ It depends on whether you 're going to stretch out your hand for happiness . |
| 9 | Owen reached out his hand for the coffee a bearer had just brought in . |
| 10 | He reached out his hand for the glass of milk and took a large gulp . |
| 11 | So she 's got her knuckles grazed , you 've cleansed it , put it into a drop of water , ra or else we 've used the Mediwipes or the end of the bandage okay , now we just cover it , okay , so it goes over , can you just straighten out your hand for me , it goes over the wound , okay and you can take this one that she can hold it for you just up there , right , now the rest of this just winds round , the only thing you really need to do is to just make sure that you leave the thumb out , cover up the bottom right and then come up towards the wrist , cover up the top of the pad , come back down again , leave the thumb out all the time , got the idea ? |
| 12 | David jumped down on to the platform and put up his hands for the baggage . |
| 13 | Having understood what was going on , people were putting up their hands for requests . |
| 14 | Adam had put out his hand for the citronella but Rufus stopped him . |
| 15 | And she stretched out her hand for me to see it shake . |
| 16 | It –vas such an odd and witty little toy that Melanie giggled and stretched out her hand for it , to work it herself . |
| 17 | He pressed his back against the stone wall and stretched out his hand for some food . |
| 18 | She held up her hands for silence then pointed at Garry , the most honest of the three . |
| 19 | She held up her hand for silence . |
| 20 | No sooner had he freed the platform of the Collector 's superfluous presence than the Doctor sprang into his place and held up his hand for silence . |
| 21 | Springfield held up his hand for silence and the low murmur of talk died away completely . |
| 22 | The grandstands erupted with applause but Stevie held up his hand for silence . |
| 23 | Paul Lexington held up his hands for silence . |
| 24 | D. A. I was on a school-crossing duty for disabled children and I held up my hand for a motor cyclist to stop and he rode right past me . |
| 25 | She held out her hand for the Mills bombs . |
| 26 | Celia held out her hand for the paper . |
| 27 | Charity held out her hand for the file , and flipped it open . |
| 28 | He held out his hand for the combination code . |
| 29 | In his office Julian Hayman held out his hand for the photograph . |
| 30 | Jehan held out his hand for it . |