Example sentences of "hands he [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With extra time on his hands he walked the dog by the Manse Burn in Bearsden and in outcrops of shale his trained eye saw parts of fish fossils . |
| 2 | Probing with his narrow hands he located the organs he sought , and , using another slender knife , dislodged and withdrew them , handing them to his assistant , who placed them in bronze trays and took them to another table where he covered them with natron salt , to dry and preserve them ready for the four jars which would stand in a chest at the head of the coffin . |
| 3 | With his bare hands he forced the lift doors apart , freeing the duo in an instant . |
| 4 | He stood on a chair , and with his hands he covered the hat and hair of the man in the picture . |
| 5 | Kukulkan was attended by spirits of earth , water and fire , and was responsible for the sprouting of maize crops and the mating of fish — in short , in his hands he held the key to the tribe 's survival . |
| 6 | With both hands he pushed the line of trolleys stacked at the entrance beside him . |