lay finger on
Example Sentences
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“Len’s appointed me special dep’ty till he comes back, and he says nobody is to lay finger on hide ner hair of the corpse; not even the doc, if he comes.”
From The Secret of Lonesome Cove by Adams, Samuel Hopkins
You can't lay finger on man, woman, or child in this Colony, and, by God, you sha'n't!
From Stingaree by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
Mrs. Spencer was snoring quietly and Douglas had not stirred for an hour when he heard his father say in a low voice: "Jude, old girl, I'm never going to lay finger on you again."
From Judith of the Godless Valley by Morrow, Honoré
How could I miss so good a chance to see that tawny youngster, when I knew I should not lay finger on it?
From Little Brothers of the Air by Miller, Olive Thorne
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
