Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pron] hand [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He opened it and plunged his hand in . |
| 2 | She barely seemed to notice if he stroked her hair as they talked , but if he moved she would say quickly , ‘ Do n't go away , ’ and bring his hand back to her forehead . |
| 3 | And he he 's always the first one that 'll eat up his dinner and got his hand up ready for seconds ! |
| 4 | But I see there 's blood sausage , ’ he said , and sent them such a terrible leery grin , that Snodgrass , who had been cutting himself a slice from this , which he had innocently thought was something like the spicy Renascian liver-and-wine-roll , recoiled and snatched his hand back as if he had been burnt . |
| 5 | I laughed and thrashed my hand up and down on the arm of my chair in an ecstasy of amusement . |
| 6 | Went round and put his hand in to see if it was dry . |
| 7 | With a gesture of annoyance at something Paul Lexington had just said , Bobby Anscombe stood up and banged his hand down on the table . |
| 8 | ‘ Terry Littlejohn , ’ he grunted and stuck his hand out . |
| 9 | ‘ No , ’ said Philip , coming up to him and holding his hand out for the gun . |
| 10 | ‘ As you wish , ’ Hendrique replied , and placed his hand back on the pad . |
| 11 | Julia loved him for that protectiveness , too , and pulled her hand out of his to let him go . |
| 12 | She placed the hand of her other arm inside the empty jumper sleeve and waved her hand up and down creating the illusion that both her arms were inside the sleeves as normal . |
| 13 | Once he 'd gone , I was approached by a woman who started rubbing my stomach and putting her hand down my trousers , which I must say was enough to make me say yes immediately . |
| 14 | On Mum 's return , at about 6 p.m. , Sam would be beaming , showing her ‘ all the work he had done ’ — and putting his hand out for ‘ a few more pennies , Ma . ’ |
| 15 | She went out and put her hand up to her brow a second time , searching the meadows more thoroughly this time . |
| 16 | And , Miss Rene ’ — she paused here and put her hand out towards the eldest of the sisters — ‘ you gave me my first book , a book of poems . |
| 17 | The woman came over to the fence and put her hand out to me . |
| 18 | He would try to grope her breasts and put his hand up her skirt . |
| 19 | The man came awake with a start and put his hand up to his face . |
| 20 | The Mountie , feeling the tug , turned fast and put his hand down on Sheridan 's wrist . |
| 21 | Then he pushed up my nightie and put his hand down between my legs . |
| 22 | Masha unbuttoned his shirt and slid her hand down . |
| 23 | She took his wrist between thumb and forefinger , and held his hand up between them as if gripping a putrid fish by the tail . |
| 24 | The big man splashed up to Edward and held his hand out of the water cordially , bobbing up and down . |
| 25 | He opened her door and held his hand out . |
| 26 | The Prince smiled his thanks and held his hand out so that the sunlight streaming through the stained glass windows caught the gems in his rings and made them sparkle . |
| 27 | Jamie opens his eyes and sticks his hand out . |
| 28 | She lost all awareness of time and place , sinking into a realm of the senses where she could not help but bring her hand up to run her fingers into his hair to hold his mouth to hers as she returned his kiss . |
| 29 | The former area champion was travelling abroad in 1992 , but kept her hand in by riding a winner on the flat in the United States during August for Mr. Sheppard 's brother , Jonathan . |
| 30 | Rather than turning the paper but curling your hand round . |