Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pos pn] hands [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coleby plunged his hands into the side pockets of his coat . |
| 2 | Markby cupped his hands round the tumbler of tawny liquid . |
| 3 | Above it , an old woman in a white headscarf raises her hands above the Sabbath candles , to praise the hidden Queen who dances for her inside the flames . |
| 4 | The other Rex put his hands to the long table-top , tore it from its legs and cast it away into the darkness . |
| 5 | Hundreds of parents yesterday slept outside Toys R Us stores in Swansea and Bristol in a desperate bid to get their hands on the island . |
| 6 | All down the line drivers had their hands on the horn button . |
| 7 | Angalo ran his hands over the Ship 's controls . |
| 8 | The Dalek Killer spread his hands across the panel of buttons . |
| 9 | The Court of Appeal in Gregory ( 1982 ) 77 Cr App R 41 considered this case to be one of " instantaneous appropriation " , yet Pitham & Hehl does look like a case where the course of stealing was not complete at the time when the defendants got their hands on the furniture . |
| 10 | Ronni stuffed her hands into the pockets of her pink Bermudas , which perfectly matched her pale pink T-shirt . |
| 11 | Jake stuffed his hands into the pockets of his trousers . |
| 12 | Without warning , Laverne raises his hands in the air , yells at the top of his voice , and bears down on the snake . |
| 13 | Most healers lay their hands on the head , but some also consider the site of the actual hurt , perhaps passing a hand over one 's side . |
| 14 | Léonie kept her hands outside the covers as she had been taught by the nuns at her primary school . |
| 15 | Frau Nordern threw her hands in the air . |
| 16 | Bernard dug his hands into the pockets of his dressing-gown and moved to the window where he stared across the lawn at the empty swimming pool . |
| 17 | KONICA Rejects got their hands on the Glaslyn Cup competed for at Porthmadog after a break of 16 years when they beat Harry 's Bluebirds in a penalty shoot-out in a dramatic final . |
| 18 | Leon laid his hands to the rod and George noticed how they were bigger , stronger , altogether more mature and experienced than the rest of him . |
| 19 | Robinson dried his hands on the towel . |
| 20 | He flinched as Sweetheart lifted her hands in the air and let them fall back into her lap with a sigh of exasperation . |
| 21 | As we reached the shore of the island Maha threw her hands in the air , clasping them in a boxer 's sign of victory . |
| 22 | At this breaking of day and at this dawning of a new year may we have the courage to put our hands into the hand of God . |
| 23 | According to Anil Gadre , Sun Microsystems Computer Corp 's vice president of systems product marketing , the new licensing strategy — see front page — should , for example , enable the Sparc compatible community to get its hands on the company 's next-generation Viking , or SuperSparc technology — being co-developed with Texas Instruments Inc — much more quickly than the best part of a year that elapsed between the launch of the Sparcstation 2 ( UX No 308 ) , and the day Sun gave the green light for the LSI Logic Inc made 40MHz Sparc chip sets to be sold on to Sun wannabe 's ( UX No 356 ) . |
| 24 | Not after she 's been waiting 200 years to get her hands on the last of the Gittels . |
| 25 | Killion spread his hands on the table , in the hope that she would rest an arm within stroking range . |
| 26 | For the less literate this is less true , and graphics , especially in mathematics , are an excellent way to start learners getting their hands on the equipment . |
| 27 | Mr Craven put his hands on the boy 's shoulders . |
| 28 | Jennifer held her breath with excitement as the older woman passed her hands over the misty sphere and stared into its centre . |
| 29 | The answer is that Billy got his hands on the rugby world cup . |
| 30 | Theodora wiped her hands on the damp grass and lay down again beneath the currant bushes . |