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  • Rest palm of one hand over navel.
  • He put his hand over the mouthpiece and called his wife to the phone.
  • And airlines would have to hand over detailed passenger info or risk seeing jets barred from landing. The Sun
  • Maura let out a nervous guffaw before clapping her hand over her mouth again, keeping her giggles silent.
  • They would at the very least hold on to their 13-point lead and with a game in hand over most of their rivals they would be virtually untouchable with just four matches still to play.
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  • Don't let your feeling gain the upper hand over you.
  • I had to hand over my phone and laptop. The Sun
  • Tour promoters typically hand over a portion of the tickets to the artists to sell directly to diehard fans before they go on general sale. Times, Sunday Times
  • You might also note that the Gov is determined to hand over the reins of the NHS chequebook to a bunch of seld-employed, overpaid, medical freemasons ( GPs) As far as the other "services" are concerned ( Army etc ) they're a complete law unto themselves. Policing and surveillance: The inspector calls | Editorial
  • He placed his right hand over his heart and said in a clear and forceful voice, "I, Elslow Kent Hampton, give you my loyalty and vow on this day nare to betray you. Gentle Warrior
  • He was standing by the nose of one of the planes, running his hand over the prop and engine cowling. SKORPION'S DEATH
  • She walked over to the stand and raised her right hand over the Bible.
  • Mahone then forces the clerk to hand over Wyatt's cell number.
  • The decision to hand over the cash directly to the trust is part of the Government's drive to give power back to those at the sharp end.
  • The present leaders have to decide whether to stand down and hand over to a younger generation.
  • We parted from the hug and he ran a hand over my hair-sprayed coif.
  • Whereas in a restaurant you fire up the oven, produce food and people hand over cash. Times, Sunday Times
  • The ruffian threatened to run his victim through if he did not hand over all his money.
  • Yokozuna Hakuho nailed ozeki Kotooshu with a huge left-hand overarm throw to close out the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament with a perfect 15-0 record on Sunday. Hakuho Wins Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament
  • In his paddock he ran a hand over the mane of a gangly newborn foal. Times, Sunday Times
  • He clapped a hand over his mouth, as if to stifle a burp or cover a yawn.
  • He cupped his hand over his thing as if it were a flame that might blow out.
  • I ran my hand over the finely polished mahogany surface, and gently lifted the lid.
  • After they had delivered the gold they would sit on the grass and hand over any letters they might have had from the diggers.
  • Supporters of some candidates, it is alleged, are demanding householders hand over the postal ballot papers so they can fill them in themselves.
  • Mac ran a hand over his short hair, then gently felt the bump on the back of his head.
  • She sent two friends in her place to hand over a couple of envelopes - one with a letter saying that it's all over, cheers, laters, the other containing a birthday card.
  • My issue is not so much with my company, but with the government's sleight of hand over this. Times, Sunday Times
  • On the other hand overcautious, be afraid that policy changes, await wait - and - see .
  • He ran his hand over her hair, in a gentle caress, while he held her.
  • Today, as a minority Republican group of tired Senate lackeys wields their only weapon left, the filibuster, and even more sycophantish democrat Senators with all the power to call a vote and win, will subsequently hand over the crown jewels of the economic stimulus replacing substantive community economic growth with defense industry ‘violence’ based funding. Want True Economic Stimulus, Obama? Replace Trickle Down With Bottom Up Community Driven Economic Models
  • Anyway, it was nice to see them all, and a good opportunity to hand over Christmas presents and play ring-a-ring-a-roses in the park, amongst other things! Archive 2005-11-01
  • He rubbed a weary hand over his face and turned towards the small kitchen where he riffled through the fridge, searching for something, anything, that was edible.
  • Aurora felt something rise within her throat and she slapped a hand over her mouth quickly.
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  • Did she hand over the goods in a service station on the M1 in exchange for a brown envelope bulging with cash?
  • I put my hand over the strings to silence them and whipped my fingers away from the frets.
  • By passing your hand over a scanner at a check-out counter you may charge your purchases to either your bank account or credit system very efficiently with no fuss.
  • For example, in one early scene, he wakes Barrett up with a boisterous aria from ‘The Barber of Seville,’ but his hand over Barrett gently mimes a stabbing motion.
  • ‘That's what I said too’ Kenny gave a short grin and placed his hand over my head to mess my hair more.
  • Two years after his death his son Walter obtained the King's precept to his escheator to hand over the lands of his mother's inheritance to him, and shortly afterwards he secured his father's also. Shakespeare's Family
  • The court was told Labour supporters stood on main roads trying to bribe passers-by to hand over their postal ballots.
  • Swinging his legs over the side of the bed, Mark rubbed his hand over his face and stretched his legs.
  • ‘I wasn't looking at you,’ she said, with a hint of condescension in her heavily accented voice, and proceeded to hand over her sandwiches to the till woman, who had not yet given me my change.
  • The court was told Labour supporters stood on main roads trying to bribe passers-by to hand over their postal ballots.
  • She adjusts her breasts and runs her hand over her hair, as she transforms into her character.
  • Waving his right hand over the candle, the wick suddenly flickered, then formed into a flame, which lit his cold room.
  • When I refuse to hand over my confidential patient files, he pulls out a pistol and fires multiple shots at my desk, one bullet ricocheting off my nameplate and embedding itself in my beeper.
  • We will not hand over our consciences in return for a hollow promise of safety.
  • When William heard of his arrival, he sent messengers ordering Count Guy to hand over his prisoner, which was duly done.
  • One of the two major chains, Borders, losing money hand over fist, is now "reorganizing," which may actually mean hanging on by a thread. Tom Engelhardt: The Axe, the Book, and the Ad
  • My grandfather nodded and wiped his hand over his face. Times, Sunday Times
  • Fred moved his hand over his console and Bloodied Spirit appeared on the viewer.
  • On 6 April 1648 a negotiated settlement allowed the Spanish garrison to re-enter Naples, while in the countryside the baronial forces gained the upper hand over the peasants and rebel communes.
  • We hand over responsibility for a couple of hours and go kayaking, swimming and snorkelling. Times, Sunday Times
  • Consider what happens when you hand over your preferred shopper card to the cashier of a grocery store. THE STRATEGY MACHINE
  • In the infinitesimally small light, I saw Jason bang against the edge, and I clamped a hand over his mouth before he could cry out.
  • We hand over responsibility for a couple of hours and go kayaking, swimming and snorkelling. Times, Sunday Times
  • What's more, some foreign banks charge fees of up to 6% for cashing travellers' cheques, so check before you hand over your cheques to the cashier!
  • The state government had decided to hand over the laboratory to the Centre in 1995, but administrative bottlenecks caused the seven-year delay.
  • Lydia let a out a giggle before clapping her hand over her mouth, and glancing around to make sure no one had heard.
  • I refuse to hand over my country to a bunch of halfwits who can neither protect us or care for us.
  • He warms to his theme, running a handsomely manicured hand over his handsome face.
  • The postman simply fines the person to whom the unstamped letter has been sent - otherwise he will not hand over the letter.
  • The judge isn't going to ransack the prosecutor's file drawers and hand over to the defense copies of all the evidence the judge thinks is exculpatory.
  • She moved away from the wall and rubbed a hand over her face.
  • I put my hand over her mouth, not hard enough to smother her, but firmly enough to give her the message not to speak.
  • And while the task force prepares to fully hand over the Haiti operation to UN troops, Aristide's removal from power is still not without its opponents.
  • I put my hand over his mouth tight as hell and rode him angry and horny as hell just long enough until I was cumming all over that dick. Real wifeys
  • Three other guards at the prison near Baghdad were arraigned on more serious charges as the abuse scandal and guerrilla violence increased pressure on Washington to hand over real power to Iraqis on June 30.
  • However, plans to hand over £25,000 to the Civic Trust, a group which works with towns to help with regeneration, were shelved until a similar scheme in Princes Risborough could be assessed. Undefined
  • Kalif ran his hand over his left shoulder blade, feeling the brand that had been burned into his skin, signifying Dylor's ownership of him.
  • At midnight tomorrow a deadline set by the US for countries to sign an agreement pledging that they will never hand over any of its citizens to the court will expire.
  • But, if there were not a single molecule more of atmospherically destructive gases emitted by humanity, and there were not a single human alive today, global warming would continue to increase for several hundred years more, based on what we've already done beforehand over the last 150 years records have been accurately kept, concurrent with the industrial revolution, _and_ due to natural trends caused by terrestrial sources and cycles, such as vulcanism, solar weather, and other interdependent natural causes in combination with what humanity has done. Posthuman Blues
  • Can we really hand over enormous power and control of our lives to anyone and expect them to act in our best interests?
  • Dom slapped his hand over the wound. SOMEDAY MY PRINCE
  • Why pay a subscription or hand over money at the gate when you can get it for nada? Times, Sunday Times
  • Liapis said Monday it is time for all Greek political leaders to increase pressure on Britain to hand over the ancient sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles.
  • He put his hand over the mouthpiece and called his wife to the phone.
  • The stone wall at the front still came up to my waist, and you could still sit down and run your hand over the thistled, clovered grass that ran right up to the edge. Weight of the World
  • The offer will not mean a humiliating hand over of rifles, machine guns or explosives.
  • He looked pretty shocked and ran away with his hand over one eye. Times, Sunday Times
  • But he announced he is shutting down most of his business ventures and will hand over the bulk of their financial reserves to his charitable work. The Sun
  • Smoothed a hand over her apron as if she preened in her best silk gown. Earl of Durkness
  • The Baildon Ladies Circle will hand over kagouls, rucksacks and other equipment to the home on Owlet Road, after raising £100 with sponsored knit-ins, a jumble sale and toy sale.
  • Funds of hedge funds collect fees from public pension funds, endowments, wealthy individuals and banks, which hand over money they want doled out to mul tiple hedge-fund managers. SEC Examines Funds of Hedge Funds
  • He came and sat on a footstool at her feet, placing his hand over her book so she would look up.
  • She snatched up her shirt and boombox, rubbing the back of her hand over her forehead, catching the sweat drops before they fell.
  • When she hears a baby's soft whimper, Daphne claps a hand over her mouth to stifle a gasp of surprise.
  • 'Oh dear!' she cried, clapping a hand over her mouth.
  • You must hand over your passport before you leave.
  • It describes at some length and in jolly detail (as do the various links from it, which are also worth following) the ways in which those massive cyber success stories YouTube and Twitter are believed to be losing money hand over fist, currently surviving only on the largesse of venture capitalists and Google (which recently bought YouTube despite it being loss-making). P2pnet World Headlines – May 7, 2009
  • A tooth typically penetrates the dorsum of the hand over the third MCP joint.
  • She snorted, clapping a hand over her mouth to keep herself from giggling out loud.
  • Simply hop onto a flight to Mumbai with a laptop, meet a man in the airport who will give you a different hard-drive. Test a few phones and upgrade them, and then hand over some wonga.
  • The military may feel unable to hand over power to a civilian President next year.
  • A woman was attacked by a mugger who threatened to stab her if she didn't hand over her handbag.
  • Daniel took a deep breath, and shook his head a little, rubbing a hand over his eyes.
  • While keeping a high hand over the Moroccan marijuana trade, he took advantage of his situation to legalize his other activities, taking control of casinos, gambling and horse races in francophone Africa. Sarkozy – cia – rothschilds – mafia
  • The victim was forced to hand over his watch to the youths, who spoke with southern accents.
  • You might also note that the Gov is determined to hand over the reins of the NHS chequebook to a bunch of seld-employed, overpaid, medical freemasons ( GPs) As far as the other "services" are concerned ( Army etc ) they're a complete law unto themselves. Policing and surveillance: The inspector calls | Editorial
  • He winced for a second then rested his hand overtop hers, holding the cloth in place.
  • They are losing money hand over fist. The Sun
  • Once inside, you have to hand over your handbag to a cloakroom attendant. Times, Sunday Times
  • In the early 20thc. the legendary Enrique (not David) Caruso and Luisa (not chicken) Tetrazzini wrote of gestures that seem to be from another time -- hand over heart, arm in air, etc. Susanne Mentzer: Opera Up Close and Personal... or Not
  • A Swindon man was forced to hand over £100 when he was mugged in a public toilet.
  • He placed a deathly cold hand over her mouth, keeping her from crying out.
  • The state of the economy and the rampant spread of methamphetamine use has many not caring how they go about getting the tourist to hand over the money.
  • The teenager was forced to hand over his phone to the first offender while his accomplice ripped a gold chain from his neck.
  • Bending double, he pressed one hand over the other, trying to staunch the hot flow of blood.
  • Cara brushed her hand over the pebbly imprint the asphalt shingles had left on the back of her legs. Choker
  • He kissed the top of my head and ran his hand over my hair.
  • In a theatrical gesture Glass clamped his hand over his eyes.
  • The armed robbers, one of them wearing a balaclava, demanded the publican hand over a large bag of cash as he was about to step into his silver Mercedes.
  • He was also told to hand over duplicate keys for several of the offices overlooking the hotel. THE DEVIL'S DOOR
  • Tomorrow I hand over the Principal Clerk's duties to my deputy.
  • Dom slapped his hand over the wound. SOMEDAY MY PRINCE
  • Julia stifles a gasp and puts a hand over her mouth, remaining silent.
  • I give a short yell of exasperation, which is muffled as Jessie claps a hand over my mouth.
  • Clearly the citizen must use only reasonable force and hand over the arrested person to the police as soon as practicable. Times, Sunday Times
  • 'Oh dear!' she cried, clapping a hand over her mouth.
  • Over the last few days, the governments have promised to co-operate and hand over any suspects sheltering within their borders.
  • He ran his hand over a small fissure in the rock floor.
  • He was also told to hand over duplicate keys for several of the offices overlooking the hotel. THE DEVIL'S DOOR
  • If you ask for, say, 300 baht worth, the meter will certainly show that amount as you hand over the cash.
  • He was also told to hand over duplicate keys for several of the offices overlooking the hotel. THE DEVIL'S DOOR
  • ‘Alright’, she started, poising the pen in her hand over the pad of paper.
  • The only way Jenn learned of their presence was when one of them clamped a hand over her mouth and the other four gained a tight hold on her arms.
  • They put their hand over my wrist where the pin was. Times, Sunday Times
  • I scrape my hand over the metal bars on the boarded up windows and sigh, conscious of the fact that I am shaking like a dog.
  • Their thanks was to kill both him and his dog and then skedaddle back to Mexico, which refuses to hand over murderers to the US until we promise not to mete out the same punishment to them that they meted out to their victims. The Volokh Conspiracy » Why the Arizona Law is Much Worse than the Federal Law It is Supposedly Based On
  • By 1980 the continent was pretty much divided ideologically, with the United States gaining an upper hand over the Soviet adventurists.
  • They are losing money hand over fist. The Sun
  • He shouted the score, and hit it underhand over the net.
  • Pehlya clasped a hand over her mouth to hold back a very unmaidenly oath.
  • When he refused to hand over money the trio dragged him to the ground and launched into a vicious assault leaving the victim battered and bruised.
  • Punto tries to barehand over to first, but Murphy's safe and the bases loaded for Nap-O-li. Texas Rangers 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2 - as it happened! | World Series Game 5
  • Kiara had to clamp her hand over her mouth in order to stop herself from exploding with laughter.
  • They were especially angry with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, whom senior Turkish officials quoted on Wednesday as saying Baghdad might hand over PKK rebels to Turkey.
  • In a jiffy, Poetry and I were back outside, and with him holding the ladder and with me all trembling inside, but not too nervous to climb, I went up that ladder, hand over hand, and in less than a half-dozen worried jiffies, had our swing board off the chimney and tossed it out into a snow drift. Shenanigans at Sugar Creek
  • Grasp the barbell with an alternating grip (one hand overhand, one hand underhand) and with your hands slightly wider than your legs.
  • The conjuror made a few passes with his hand over the hat.
  • Mr Justice Munby was giving his ruling in an adoption case where a woman was paid just 1,000 US dollars to hand over her newborn daughter to an adoption agency.
  • The attacker was ordered to hand over his weapon.
  • The woman grasps his ankles and the man places his left hand over her hip and props his body up with his right arm.
  • They therefore require their tenants to hand over several post-dated cheques in advance. Times, Sunday Times
  • He was also told to hand over duplicate keys for several of the offices overlooking the hotel. THE DEVIL'S DOOR
  • ‘Indeed, at the request of the liquidator, we are preparing an account of the situation and will have a surplus to hand over to him, we think,’ he said.
  • Damien managed to wrestle the boy away and shove him roughly against the wall, hand over his throat.
  • He had his hand over his eye and the blood was just coming straight through his fingers.
  • Pitchford said she had the ‘shock of her life’ when one of the youths asked her to remove her SIM card and hand over her cellphone.
  • He rubbed his hand over his eyes wearily and thought for a moment before replying.
  • For four or five days I thought over the history of his injury and the resulting inability to rotate the radius around the ulna -- in other words, to turn his hand over. With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon
  • After producing the knife he subjected them to a terrifying experience during which he made them hand over their valuables, blindfolded them, tied them up and raped them.
  • Instead, I clap hand over mouth just in time and settle for a conspiratorial wink. Times, Sunday Times
  • He ran a hand over his gelled black hair as he strode to the foot of the mobile passenger stairs. THE DEVIL'S DOOR
  • The men of Sodom tell Lot to hand over the male visitors so that they may "know" them, i.e. sexually know them giving rise to the term "sodomy". What Does The Bible Actually Say About Gay Marriage?
  • She could almost hear his own heart palpitating wildly in his chest, and without knowing it, she put her hand over his heart to feel it.
  • One is that the small investor who made some money during the bull market, may get some back through what we call disgorgement (ph) and that some of the executives may have to hand over some money, and I think the darker lesson for people like Dick Parsons of AOL Time Warner, who have a tremendously difficult job right now, they're just going to be dealing with lawyers for the next 12 months, if not longer. CNN Transcript Aug 23, 2002
  • Kara unclipped and held her weapon out in front of herself, left hand over right wrist and shuffled through dust and orange nibbed needles.
  • He puts his hand over hers and she squeezes it, he gives this sad little sound.
  • In fact, the very term 'gnotobiosis' goes back to the March 1959 issue of the World Medical Journal-one of the many important ideas the U.N. was spawning hand over fist in those days, to the total indifference of the world at large. Anywhen
  • He put his hand over the mouthpiece and called his wife to the phone.
  • She refused to hand over her money, whereupon there was a fight.
  • At this point she clamps a hand over her mouth but then carries on regardless.
  • I will hand over this difficulty to those who share our author's views on the point at issue in the Quartodeciman controversy. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion"
  • Once the feared noble forces failed to materialize, village militias instead turned their weapons on the system itself, compelling seigneurs or their agents to hand over feudal registers to be burned on the village square.
  • I clapped my hand over my mouth, immediately sorry for yelling.
  • The old lady has her hand over her mouth like I have just spoken an indecency (which I guess I did).
  • He moved back toward the door, leaving me there, absently rubbing a hand over my aching breastbone. How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf
  • Brace your feet apart and keep them against the wall, he ordered and climbed back up, hand over hand, feeding the rope through his karabiner. SILENT TRUTH
  • She was parked illegally but only planned to hand over a bouquet of flowers and spend ten minutes inside. Times, Sunday Times
  • Don't let your feeling get the upper hand over you.
  • Jade put her hand over her eyes to shield them from the sun and saw, true to Lanyon's word, that there was a large castle sitting on a hill past a large pine tree.
  • He held his hand over the mouthpiece and turned to the Uzbek, anxious to share his triumph. KARA KUSH
  • Under threat of further violence he was ordered to hand over his money bag but he refused and shouted at them to leave him alone.
  • In his paddock he ran a hand over the mane of a gangly newborn foal. Times, Sunday Times
  • He wiped a hand over his graying hair and smoothed his lab coat, then cleared his throat.
  • And for the next few hours you hand over your body. Times, Sunday Times
  • I stopped, cupping my hand over my mouth and forcing back tears.
  • The shop assistants refused to hand over any cash and the two masked raiders fled when one of the women activated a fire alarm to summon help.
  • She would just giggle, putting a winkled hand over her pocked face. 365 tomorrows » 2007 » June : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
  • Smoothing his hand over the slate-coloured fabric on a sleek sofa, James Sankey says: ‘They're Italian, but the covering's from Denmark.’
  • Or perhaps some of those who trousered huge cheques from Wimbledon last weekend could hand over half the cash.
  • It turns out that the U.S. has a particularly large number of people who are willing to do something like hand over their precious data to a brand-new startup-the kind of people the economist Amar Bhidé calls "venturesome consumers. The New Yorker
  • Police have gained the upper hand over the drug dealers in the area.
  • The present leaders have to decide whether to stand down and hand over to a younger generation.
  • They threatened to cosh him if he refused to hand over the phone.
  • He ran a hand over the rough surface, walking around it.
  • Two intruders were involved in the raid, in which four occupants of the house were threatened at gunpoint and told to hand over money.
  • Had oporotunity to listen to some of his stump Sen. Mcain and his running mate today and found that he defered to Mrs. Palin after babling on for a while, is he really there or is his plan as a Maverick to hand over the Presidency to another incompetent person for another 4 years. Does age matter at the White House?
  • Heavy tomes covered much of the walls but he only ran a hand over a few of the calfskin covers.
  • Once inside, you have to hand over your handbag to a cloakroom attendant. Times, Sunday Times
  • A schoolboy told yesterday how a thug headbutted him and tried to gouge out his eyes after he refused to hand over his mobile phone.
  • The new captain soon got the whip hand over the crew.
  • A dedication ceremony was held in late July in Balkh province for the hand over of 100 km of recently constructed farm-to-market roads.
  • A delegate holds her hand over her heart during the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance at the 2004 Republican National Convention.
  • When the fire-fighter dies, her parents - the biological grandparents - refuse to hand over the infant boy to his other mother.
  • Only then did Obama hand over the endorsement in India's Parliament but couched in such diplomatese that countless local hair were split over when "the years ahead" would dawn. Sunil Sharan: Will India Win Coveted UN Seat?
  • The Being who is fupremely good, hath vouch - fifed to ftretch out a father's hand over you. The new Robinson Crusoe : an instructive and entertaining history for the use of children of both sexes, translated from the French

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