Example sentences of "and held up [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without anything said , Tuathal turned in the saddle and held up a flat palm for silence . |
| 2 | ‘ Look , ’ she said , and held up a finished lantern for inspection . |
| 3 | She tore the tissue paper off and held up a little polythene envelope , with two silver fist-in-a-bag ear-rings inside . |
| 4 | When the selected pile alone remained , he switched on a powerful reading spotlamp above the table , took a jeweller 's loupe from his pocket , a pair of tweezers in his right hand , and held up the first stone to the light . |
| 5 | General Alexander and his troops carried out a magnificent fighting retreat and held up the Japanese advance until the rains broke , thus saving four months ' valuable time in which preparations could be made to repel the Japs if they attempted to invade India . |