Sentence examples for hands on heart from inspiring English sources

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When the word "love" comes round in sets of three, Mr. Morris sets one set with three deliveries of the conventional love gesture (hands on heart), another set with three jumps (i.e., for joy), and yet another one with three lifts (i.e., it's you I love).

7.24pm: Anthems: the Aussies look suitably sombre, hands on heart.

"Not long ago, I was told authoritatively, hands on heart, that Mandela had died by people who knew people," said Bonita Meyersfeld, director of the Center for Applied Legal Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

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Having been prime minister for a decade, can he hand on heart say that he thinks Corbyn is fit to lead the country?

I gave up trying to buy drinks for strangers and got used to the hand-on-heart gesture they made when buying one for me.

Algeria's is a little more upbeat, and though there's little in the way of patriotic singing, there's some good, earnest hands-on-heart stuff.

A quicker success has come in improving the readiness of bystanders to step in and help someone having a heart attack by having city medics train more than 50,000 people in a "hands-on-heart" CPR procedure.

"The Star-Spangled Banner" prompted about half as many hands-on-hearts as its Filipino equivalent, "Chosen Land".

Almost every hour brings new attempts to save careers with hand-on-heart apologies, tortuous explanations and promises of unrelenting modesty in future claims on the public purse.

"We've had a disappointing season, and I think Jonjo hand-on-heart will say he's has a disappointing season as well," said Curtis.

But Ms. Quinn, who formally kicked off her campaign on Sunday with a glossy biographical video and a day of meet-and-greets around the city, is hoping to evoke an earlier era of hands-on, heart-on-the-sleeve leadership as she courts voters and works to distinguish herself from Mr. Bloomberg, who remains a close political ally.

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