Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] one hand " in BNC.
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1 | No erm as I say , I never saw her in there erm I looked under the bed saw nothing was there , I just dropped it with one hand . |
2 | The bright April sun was full in her eyes and she shaded them with one hand . |
3 | He then grabbed me with one hand and grabbed my steering wheel with the other . |
4 | Then Emmie helped him out of the skip and along the railway ; he clutched her with one hand and held Murgatroyd with the other . |
5 | I shifted it from one hand to the other in an attempt to ease the pain in my back and shoulders . |
6 | All the same , she badly needed some air and solitude , so she stepped out to the veranda , closed the door silently behind her , slipped off her high heels and held them in one hand , then padded on silent stockinged feet down the back stairs and into the garden . |
7 | He steadied it with one hand whilst with the other he slammed the doors , then holding the handle of the basket , he tottered away . |
8 | She held it with one hand while the other went to her throat , as Nellie 's face appeared at the door . |
9 | She rested the child she was carrying on the parapet , the child being asleep , and held it with one hand as she used the other to search at her breast purse for her money . |