Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] hand [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then on impulse Ellie laid her hand compassionately on the other woman 's . |
| 2 | " It looks as though it 's over wi' awd Blossom , then , " he said , and rested his hand briefly on the old cow 's back It was an enormous , work-swollen hand . |
| 3 | Maggie tapped her hand impatiently on the steering-wheel and inched slowly forward . |
| 4 | Then he went round again and stopped between John Santerre and Rachel , putting his hand gently on the man 's shoulder . |
| 5 | Jacques Devraux 's face was visible in the rearview mirror and his cold expression did not flicker as he held his hand firmly on the blaring horn . |
| 6 | You held your hand still on the page and you traced around each finger , and all the little contours of your finger joints were captured , and you would go around a few times , and each time the pencil was at a slightly different angle , so you got this aura of your hand , that was so much more accurate than you could ever draw , and all you had to do was put in the fingernails and the little wrinkles on the backs of your fingers and you really had something ? |