Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pron] hand [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seized his wrists , not gently , and clapped his hands on to her shoulders . |
| 2 | He opened it and plunged his hand in . |
| 3 | She barely seemed to notice if he stroked her hair as they talked , but if he moved she would say quickly , ‘ Do n't go away , ’ and bring his hand back to her forehead . |
| 4 | And he he 's always the first one that 'll eat up his dinner and got his hand up ready for seconds ! |
| 5 | Let me go ! ’ and flung her hands out and he caught them and held them firmly . |
| 6 | He slammed down the snifter again and flung his hands on to his hips . |
| 7 | But I see there 's blood sausage , ’ he said , and sent them such a terrible leery grin , that Snodgrass , who had been cutting himself a slice from this , which he had innocently thought was something like the spicy Renascian liver-and-wine-roll , recoiled and snatched his hand back as if he had been burnt . |
| 8 | I laughed and thrashed my hand up and down on the arm of my chair in an ecstasy of amusement . |
| 9 | Went round and put his hand in to see if it was dry . |
| 10 | With a gesture of annoyance at something Paul Lexington had just said , Bobby Anscombe stood up and banged his hand down on the table . |
| 11 | ‘ Quagmire , ’ said Zach , and he gave a sigh and threw his hands up in the air . |
| 12 | ‘ Terry Littlejohn , ’ he grunted and stuck his hand out . |
| 13 | Caroline strode to the windows and plumped her hands down on the sill . |
| 14 | ‘ No , ’ said Philip , coming up to him and holding his hand out for the gun . |
| 15 | He let go of the doorknob and thrust his hands back into his pockets . |
| 16 | ‘ Aargh , ’ John says , ‘ Kryptonite , ’ and throws his hands up to shield his face . |
| 17 | ‘ As you wish , ’ Hendrique replied , and placed his hand back on the pad . |
| 18 | Julia loved him for that protectiveness , too , and pulled her hand out of his to let him go . |
| 19 | She placed the hand of her other arm inside the empty jumper sleeve and waved her hand up and down creating the illusion that both her arms were inside the sleeves as normal . |
| 20 | Once he 'd gone , I was approached by a woman who started rubbing my stomach and putting her hand down my trousers , which I must say was enough to make me say yes immediately . |
| 21 | Oh yes and putting their hands up to order another bottle . |
| 22 | On Mum 's return , at about 6 p.m. , Sam would be beaming , showing her ‘ all the work he had done ’ — and putting his hand out for ‘ a few more pennies , Ma . ’ |
| 23 | He dropped the cigarette into the ashtray and held out his arms , and she snuggled into them and slipped her hands round behind him , hugging him tight . |
| 24 | He straightened away from the stone urn and slipped his hands back into his trouser pockets . |
| 25 | She went out and put her hand up to her brow a second time , searching the meadows more thoroughly this time . |
| 26 | And , Miss Rene ’ — she paused here and put her hand out towards the eldest of the sisters — ‘ you gave me my first book , a book of poems . |
| 27 | The woman came over to the fence and put her hand out to me . |
| 28 | Auntie Lou got to her feet and put her hands up to her hair again . |
| 29 | Joanne gave a little scream and put her hands up to her own abundant blonde hair . |
| 30 | She turned towards him on the pew and put her hands up and caught his collar . |