Example sentences of "hand [verb] [adv prt] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her right hand crept up to cover the lower half of her face , as if to protect it . |
| 2 | ’ Oswald 's hand crept out to seize the gold . |
| 3 | A hand came up to rumple the short hair at the back of his head , a gesture that betrayed his momentary awkwardness . |
| 4 | Then , coming to the point where he said ‘ But , my fliends , all that has changed … ’ , he suddenly straightened up , his left hand swung up to remove the moustache , the mandarin cap and the pigtail , while his right hand peeled off the Chinese jacket and gown . |
| 5 | Now imagine the small hand on 10 both clocks is held at 3 and the large hand brought round to meet the small hand . |
| 6 | But then her smile twisted as her hand reached out to grasp the form of my costume — and lifted me smoothly into the air , at arms length above her head . |
| 7 | Isabel 's hand shot up to conceal the brooch at her throat . |