Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] hand [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trotting after her , Frankie automatically rubbed his hand on his trousers before daring to reach for the gloved hand she offered . |
| 2 | In The Wealth of Nations , Adam Smith showed how even though each individual pursued his own self-interest , nevertheless through the invisible hand he was led ‘ to promote an end which was no part in his intentions ’ . |
| 3 | He said well he used to go and he 'd sort of look up at it , and he 'd sort of think about how he was gon na put it in there he said then he 'd be going like this then he 'd sort of get hold of the other hand he said and he 'd put it in like that and these other old boys are going like this with full hands you know ? |
| 4 | Brushing back her hair with the back of a damp hand she said : ‘ Your lot are up in the attics , Miss Sara is out and they 're in the shop . ’ |
| 5 | Business men find it especially odd that the Labour party intends to introduce a minimum wage with one hand while with the other hand it would remove our tax cuts for the lowest paid . |
| 6 | With the other hand he kept stroking the casing , rubbing and patting it . |
| 7 | He kept shaking his fist at me , and with the other hand he pointed downwards ; and I kept putting my thumb up . |
| 8 | Her head beat from side to side and she said , ‘ Yes , yes , yes , yes , ’ again , then Lachlan — wiry , athletic-looking , skinny shanks ramming back and forth like some skinny bull — reached under her , pulled her up , his legs spreading , kneeling ; she hung onto him , arms round his neck , then after a few vertical stabs he threw her down , back onto the bed ; she grunted , arms still tight round his back , then she brought her legs up , right up over his thin , plunging , globe-buttocked behind , until her ankles were in the small of his back , rocking to and fro , feet crossed one over the other , locked there ; with one splayed hand she held onto his back , pressing him to her , and with the other hand she felt down the length of his body , over ribs and waist and hips , and with another grunt reached round and under , taking his balls in her hand , pressing them and kneading them and squeezing them . |
| 9 | The fingers of one hand tugged and pulled , ineffectually , at the dark hair , while with the other hand she held him , her breast thrust against him , feeling the strength of her longing sap the power from her limbs . |
| 10 | With a trembling hand I turned over the paper which was face down . |
| 11 | With a trembling hand he set about dialling the telephone number . |
| 12 | This time he carried in one hand , carefully cupped , a broad leaf filled with honey ; in the other hand he grasped a few nuts which he thrust out to Marian with an air of uncertainty as though he feared they might be rejected as the maggots were . |
| 13 | She was holding a net curtain to one side with the gold-ringed fingers of one hand , while in the other hand she held to her mouth a long white ebony cigarette holder on which she drew constantly as she watched the visitor enter her neighbour 's house . |
| 14 | Over the extended hand she looked up into the prince 's eyes , and saw there the same candid regard she had seen in his model ; yet the shafts that pierced into this boy 's inmost being were somewhere shuttered close , standing off all communion . |
| 15 | ‘ We accept that we might not get very much for it , but on the other hand we could get more , ’ says Julie Widlake . |
| 16 | On the other hand we have Wagner ( 1974 ) referring to her work as ‘ gut-level , drama . |
| 17 | On the other hand we look at the individual bodies themselves and each one is obviously a coherent , integrated , immensely complicated machine , with a conspicuous unity of purpose . |
| 18 | On the other hand we also have the ability to remember past events and situations , to visualize these and to create in our imaginations future possibilities . |
| 19 | ‘ On the other hand we 're the draw specialists at the moment but another one is n't much good to us and I 'm confident that we can go out there and beat Forest . ’ |
| 20 | On the other hand we had watched the dismal faces of friends who were resuscitating old cottages and who spent their weekends streaking down to the country to see how the builders were getting on — and they were n't . |
| 21 | On the other hand we should ask ourselves what the mainline churches can learn from pentecostals and charismatics about their own communication and about new possibilities of passing on faith . |
| 22 | On the other hand we feel that the payment for annual Governorship could be raised … |
| 23 | On the other hand we all know that any social and political change — call it revolution or not , it does n't really matter — is meaningful only if it builds new institutions . |
| 24 | On the one hand we have Prince Charles and Lady Di encouraging us to do voluntary work , telling us how noble it is and on the other hand we are told it might actually go against us because it takes up our valuable time when we should be looking for work . |
| 25 | On the other hand we can get round these difficulties , so that we can talk ( loosely ) as above without fear of any difficulties arising , by doing something which looks very much like substitution . |
| 26 | On the other hand we can prove Theorem 2.4.6 Let p be a positive prime . |
| 27 | On the other hand we also proceed on the assumption that we have some measure of personal access to others if the occasion unexpectedly requires it and vice versa . |
| 28 | On the other hand we are not positively told that he was insane , and so we must also consider the unlikely hypothesis that the mistake was merely an act of folly . |
| 29 | On the other hand we are fortunate indeed if we happen to be in a business that is so secure that it is enough for us to make effortless decisions that never require us to do more than flow along with established patterns . |
| 30 | On the other hand we have noticed that the Greeks were much less curious than we would expect them to be about certain countries within their reach and indeed well inside their sphere of economic and cultural influence . |