lay finger on
Example Sentences
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I was equally polite on my part, inly resolving, that henceforward Austrian douanier should not lay finger on my note-book.
From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by Wylie, James Aitken
No man Would dare lay finger on him!
From Semiramis and Other Plays Semiramis, Carlotta And The Poet by Dargan, Olive Tilford
Were this not so, then would I straightway ride to the Euphrates, and hurl the thing into its depths; for, knowing what I know, I can never now lay finger on it again.
From The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia by Ferryman, A. F. Mockler
Even you, holy Father, so fertile in wise plans, shall scarce, methinks, be able to lay finger on him.”
From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Holt, Emily Sarah
Curse the day I ever saw India, and triple-curse this system of ours that enabled them to lay finger on me in a moving train and transfer me to this funeral procession!
From Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders by Mundy, Talbot
