Example sentences of "her hand at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't need one , ’ Theda returned , brushing the back of her hand at a lock of hair which was blowing across her face . |
| 2 | It is precisely this sort of arrangement — ‘ rooms had been taken there because they were to start by an early train on that line in the morning ’ — that leads to a fraught dinner party for Clara Amedroz and the two rivals for her hand at the Great Northern Hotel , King 's Cross , in Anthony Trollope 's The Belton Estate ( 1865 ) . |
| 3 | The woman whose title had baffled Eileen waved her hand at the other girl dismissively . |
| 4 | The knife raked her side , but she ignored the pain and struck out with the flat of her hand at the psycho 's chin . |
| 5 | Sarah waved her hand at the girl , her voice sounding more confident than she actually felt . |
| 6 | They were lovely clothes , beautifully made from fine materials , and if Ellie took a tuck with her hand at the back of the dresses , and turned the hems up a good six or nine inches , looking in the dressing mirror she could get more than a fair impression of how she might look once she too was a young woman . |
| 7 | I also think that there is n't a woman alive who would n't like to have a companion to be there with a cup of tea when she 's in bed with the flu and a high temperature , or holding her hand at the surgery when she 's awaiting the result of a test . |
| 8 | She waved her hand at the drinks table . |
| 9 | There are many things on her hands at the moment . |
| 10 | One evening , in the summer of 1974 , when Susan checked her hands at the scanner , … |
| 11 | She cleaned the brush she was using then washed her hands at the sink . |
| 12 | As his fingers casually brushed her neck Laura froze , her nails biting into the palms of her hands at the sudden , shuddering quiver that zigzagged like lightning through her tired body . |