Example sentences of "hand and [verb] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He put out a hand and ran it possessively over her hair . |
| 2 | Luke lifted his hand and laid it softly against her cheek . |
| 3 | Occasionally he would mutter a few words of comfort , or reach out a hand and lay it reassuringly on Sigarup 's blanketed body to let him know that he was still awake . |
| 4 | Their sense of tradition is also very strong and instead of dying out in 1951 when enthusiasm was beginning to wane a little , it was revitalised when Stanley Robshaw took it in hand and set it firmly on its feet again . |
| 5 | He took my hand and rubbed it gently . |
| 6 | He takes my hand and squeezes it hard . |
| 7 | He laughed and took her hand and kissed it lightly . |
| 8 | A pyjama-clad Vice-Admiral Hawkins , propped up on the pillows of his bunk , glowered at the message in his hand and passed it across to Denholm . |
| 9 | Nicolo took her hand and swung it gently as they walked . |
| 10 | The Bill gives protection with one hand and takes it away with the other . |
| 11 | Hold the moulding firmly against the far side of the mitre box with one hand and then hold the saw in the other hand and draw it diagonally across the moulding to cut the mitre . |
| 12 | She watched him now take his hand and draw it slowly down over his face , stretching the pouches under his eyes in the process . |
| 13 | After a moment he gently took my hand and moved it away , saying nothing . |
| 14 | He caught her hand and held it fast , his fingers tightening as she hesitated . |
| 15 | He took her hand and held it tenderly and they both smiled as Mitch at Maggie 's side muttered , |
| 16 | Then he kissed her hand and held it close to his chest . |
| 17 | Bobby grabbed hold of his hand and held it tightly : Minton turned his face to the wall and began to sob . |
| 18 | Mrs Diggory shook her head as she took the hand and held it tightly . |
| 19 | Mrs Lawler took her husband by the hand and held it tight . |
| 20 | He felt for her hand and held it tight . |
| 21 | He snatched the shoe out of her hand and hurled it violently away from her into the Kingsland Road . |
| 22 | Helen took Dad 's hand and patted it comfortingly . |
| 23 | Jack grasped the hand and shook it firmly . |
| 24 | He grasped my hand and shook it warmly . |
| 25 | He took my hand and shook it warmly . |
| 26 | Wiping her hand on her apron , Sarah took the girl 's hand and shook it gently . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't think I have had the pleasure of meeting you before , ’ she said , transferring Flossie 's lead to her left hand and entangling it dangerously with the milk can , whilst proffering her right . |
| 28 | She gasped , and tried to cover herself , but he caught her hand and pinioned it once more . |
| 29 | The blade tore Isambard 's cotte not an inch below his heart , but he had caught the lunging wrist in his left hand and jerked it outwards and downwards , and the thrust sliced through cotte and shirt down his ribs , and left only a harmless surface graze behind . |
| 30 | She held her mother 's hot fidgety hand and stroked it kindly . |