Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] hands in the " in BNC.

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1 And he was walking on his hands in the very next room this very minute .
2 Dark glasses and make-up could n't hide the lines , and she sat with her face hidden in her hands in the back of the car .
3 I turned over the ashes , found the glow within the crust , added some kindling and a log , then stood to stretch with my hands in the small of my back because it was aching .
4 Ian Lang can not remain complacently sitting on his hands in the face of an economic crisis which is damaging all our communities and condemning more than 80,000 Scots to long-term unemployment , ’ he said .
5 Mrs Diggory froze with her hands in the portmanteau , her eyes fearful .
6 She said something to the man who was with her , a thickset , dark-featured fellow , who stood with his hands in the pockets of his anorak frowning at the flood water .
7 She sat with her hands in the air , rather like a rodeo cowboy .
8 She gropes with her hands in the air .
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