Example sentences of "hand [prep] if [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spat on his hands as if to give himself courage , then settled on the wall on his hands and knees . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's called Titian , ’ she said , pushing her waves back with vigorous sweeps of her hands as if to deny its attraction to men . |
| 3 | He half sat up and put out a hand as if to touch her , aware that something traumatic had occurred . |
| 4 | She now flapped her hand as if shooing something away , then went out of the kitchen and onto the landing , and here , as she had before , she stopped , but only long enough to raise her eyes to the whitewashed ceiling as her mind said , Dear God , do n't let anything come of this . |
| 5 | She put out her hand as if warding him off . |