hand back

I started to squirm in my chair and Jimbo put his hand back on my shoulder to settle me down.

I grabbed her hand back and held it to my lips, kissing the little fingers.

It drew her closer to me and she pulled weakly for her hand back.

Instantly something smooth glided under it, like the back of a great fish, and I jerked my hand back to the tiller.

Apparently he found that the clock was too fast, for he walked over to it and turned the minute-hand back.

There is no one to say me nay, or to hold my hand back from giving myself the final quietus.

She waved her gauntleted hand back at him; her face still stood out pale and wistful against the darkness of the hansom-box.

When he was hungry he drew the edge of his hand back and forth across his stomach, as sign that he was being cut in two.