Sentence examples for hand and only from inspiring English sources

Just a few officers were on hand, and only one wore a riot helmet.

Manuscripts had to be written by hand, and only in the case of famous works might one or two duplicates be made, again by hand.

A copy of Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People" was always near at hand -- and only those who lived with him knew the vast distance between his public bonhomie and his private despair.

Ms. Cahill explains that she accidentally started playing the first and second studies simultaneously — one in each hand — and only noticed her mistake years later, so the recording reflects that happy error.

Mr. Curry, meanwhile, with less than $1 million on hand and only an occasional television ad, has struggled to keep a similarly high profile, largely through the free news media.

Both will be firmly in the MVP debate, yet both have plenty of world-class help at hand and only the Brazilian has become the undisputed 'face' of his franchise, a flag-bearer of the frontline kind.

"I told him: 'Listen, the matter is now in your hands, and only in your hands.

In 2004, only 13 changed party hands and only 7 incumbents lost.

So in a poker tournament, most people will be dealt bad hands and only a few will be lucky enough to be dealt good hands.

Knoblauch has made an adjustment in his swing in recent days, lowering his hands and only swinging at those pitches delivered below his hands.

In 2006, Bryant threw up his hands — and only three second-half shots — in a Game 7 121-90 loss as the Lakers blew a three-games-to-one lead.