Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pron] hand on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With all sorts of primeval fears about dark cupboards and traps and ghostly animals I put my hand on the handle , turned it , pulled and jumped back . |
| 2 | I put my hand on the last page , and hesitated . |
| 3 | God help me , I put my hand on the ruin of his head , and then I knew he was dead . |
| 4 | I put my hand on the place where your heart was meant to be . |
| 5 | I placed my hand on the top of the skull and waited . |
| 6 | There was other stuff in similar vein but by this time I had my hand on the Yale latch and was opening the door . |
| 7 | As she laid her hand on the little mare 's neck , she quivered violently , but did n't move away . |
| 8 | Furthermore , the temperature generated in the gearbox is quite alarming , especially when towing a caravan , a fact noted when you place your hand on the gearbox console inside the vehicle . |
| 9 | She has her hand on the door , and I have my gun pointing at her chest . |
| 10 | But if you put your hand on the table like this , look the light stops , look there . |
| 11 | Charlotte chose one of the least ostentatious chairs , only to find , when she rested her hand on the rounded end of the arm , that it had been carved in the likeness of a naked woman bending forwards , between whose ample gilded buttocks one of her fingers was dangling . |
| 12 | Her screams were not heard and in a struggle she cut her hand on the knife . |
| 13 | She kept her hand on the pilot 's yoke and followed through on his movements in case of trouble , but without any qualms he greased the Seneca on to the eleven-thousand-foot Runway 27 at Goose Bay . |
| 14 | She put her hand on the older woman 's shoulder and Aunt Margaret blindly grasped it with her own bird-claw . |
| 15 | She put her hand on the wooden knob of the kitchen table drawer . |
| 16 | As I got there she put her hand on the cut and actually squeezed it , so the blood ran out quite violently , all down his leg . |
| 17 | Immediately she put her hand on the ignition key , but she was too late . |
| 18 | She had her hand on the door , but , before she could follow through her intention to slam it in his face , Naylor gave a mighty roar of utter outrage . |
| 19 | He wiped his hand on the cloth his Dad gave him and went into the living-room . |
| 20 | Though I should walk in the valley of the shadow of death , save me spasms , he ceased , and lying back quietly now , with no words teeming in his head , he wiped his hand on the ground . |
| 21 | Willie was so absorbed that he did n't notice that his knees were being licked and unconsciously he rested his hand on the back of Sammy 's neck . |
| 22 | He braced his hand on the staircase rail at his left and looked around him into the shadows . |
| 23 | He placed his hand on the plinth as one might lay a hand upon a sacred object so that its virtue might flow from it to oneself . |
| 24 | He placed his hand on the huge bible lying there . |
| 25 | Thought he placed his hand on the ball anyway he 's got away with it and Phillips at the other end is under pressure from Speedy and that 's a corner off Chettle . |
| 26 | One day I darted out of his way and he broke his hand on the settee . |
| 27 | He flattened his hand on the table . |
| 28 | He rubbed his hand on the seat of his pants before offering it to me . |
| 29 | But he kept his hand on the hilt , and his eyes on the assassin . |
| 30 | All the time he talked he kept his hand on the bonnet , partly for reassurance — he was less confident than he seemed — and partly as a caress . |