Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [prep] [art] hands [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Active Memory Technology Ltd , the ICL Plc parallel processing spin-out , has fallen into the hands of receiver Price Waterhouse and is currently tying up a rescue bid from a mystery American millionaire tycoon . |
| 2 | Three years later , after a letter unwisely sent by Flavia has fallen into the hands of the bitterly ambitious Rupert of Hentzau , Rassendyll has a harsher temptation to withstand . |
| 3 | Poor kid , she looked so pathetic sitting there on the edge of the chair , all stiff and upright like some tragedy queen , thinking Woe is me , my precious Bob has fallen into the hands of this designing woman . |
| 4 | The dog 's owners have offered a reward for its safe return , but fear the animal has fallen into the hands of unscrupulous dealers |
| 5 | Security chiefs are understood to be deeply annoyed that information about today 's celebrations has fallen into the hands of the IRA . |
| 6 | Furthermore , by means of various statutes , e.g. the Fire Safety and Places of Sport Act 1987 , etc. , Parliament has placed in the hands of local authorities the power to control the condition and usage of business premises . |
| 7 | The true dyed-in-the-wool , deep down Conservatives may feel uncomfortably that the sacred word has come into the hands of unsuitable people ; including the Americans . |
| 8 | They in turn have by defeat lost their rule which has come into the hands of the British . |
| 9 | ‘ No , what I feel now is that everything has come to the hands of the people . |
| 10 | THIS correspondent , like many others , has suffered at the hands of groups under instruction . |
| 11 | And it is a good thing that someone sensible should be doing so for the subject has got into the hands of theorists of the most tiresome sort . |
| 12 | Since these limits show up most clearly when the property under trust has arrived in the hands of a third party , the questions dealt with here concern primarily sale of the trust property and alienation by other means , such as when the property of the trustee has been sold up to pay his creditors . |
| 13 | For over a century the control of certain aspects of British social life has rested in the hands of the police forces of England and Wales . |
| 14 | The brewery is unique in many respects , especially as a result of the outstanding beauty of its buildings , pond and meticulously maintained surroundings , this being due in no small part to the fact that it has remained in the hands of the Arkell family for well over a century . |
| 15 | Although the long-term trend is towards greater equality , most wealth still remains concentrated in the hands of a small minority . |