Example sentences of "a few hand " in BNC.
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1 | A practical use is to give warning , if someone enters the room a few hand claps or knock at the door may alert you to their presence ; the shock of someone approaching you silently is avoided . |
2 | She also did a few hand knitted garments herself . |
3 | A goblet heading ( fig. 4 ) is made in the same way , but use a firm dressmaker 's interfacing rather than curtain buckram , as the base of each tube is randomly pinched in ( as opposed to pleated in ) and held in position with a few hand stitches . |
4 | Hold the pleats in place by oversewing a few hand stitches at the base of each pleat ( fig. 34 ) . |
5 | Also hold the inward creases of the pleat to the back of the heading with a few hand stitches at the top of the pleat . |
6 | Press each pleat to the heading behind with a few hand stitches and also at the base of the stiffening , to hold in position ( fig. 44 ) . |