Example sentences of "hand in [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Okay , just pull your hand in towards your face a bit .
2 Leonard was a very close observer , and collector , of this scene ; always keeping his hand in with his guitar , writing much of his early poetry to the sound of its music : the emerging Nashville sound , Muddy Waters , Chuck Berry , Big Joe Turner , The Drifters , The Clovers , Guitar Slim and , most of all , Ray Charles , whose first hit , ‘ Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand ’ in 1951 , marked the onset of an astonishing career .
3 But Sir George Gardiner , chairman of the right-of-centre 1992 Group of Tories , and Brent North MP Sir Rhodes Boyson have both now said they will throw their hand in with the Prime Minister .
4 Therefore what the teacher wants a student to hand in for marking is often not a piece of paper but a source file .
5 He had the roads to Ruthyn and Denbigh under his eye from this eyrie , and Mold was not too far for a raid if the weather and the omens were good ; but since his active autumn of last year he had contented himself with holding and consolidating , and swooped down in the occasional raid along the border only to keep his hand in for greater things if the season should indicate the necessity .
6 Students eligible for a MANDATORY AWARD from a grant awarding authority should bring a photocopy of their offer of award letter to hand in at enrolment .
7 ‘ Waiting down below for us , I should n't wonder — wanting us to get a move on so ‘ s 'e can keep 'is hand in at 'is old trade !
8 He told prosecuting counsel it would be ‘ utterly , utterly wrong to chuck your hand in at this stage . ’
9 Anyway , any money , sponsorship money , erm you 're asked to hand in to Mr as soon as possible .
10 Without thinking , as though there were nothing else she could do , she slipped her hand in under her thick shirt .
11 At Trent Park , you will be given a registration form to fill in and hand in before starting the walk .
12 The former area champion was travelling abroad in 1992 , but kept her hand in by riding a winner on the flat in the United States during August for Mr. Sheppard 's brother , Jonathan .
13 ‘ I chose that because I thought I would still be able to keep my hand in by writing the staff newspaper . ’
14 Having been trained in Institutional Management I still like to keep my hand in by catering for private functions such as weddings and christenings , and I intersperse this with occasional cookery demonstrations for women 's groups in the area .
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