Example sentences of "[pers pn] hold the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Then from 802–811 the usurper Nicephorus I held the throne . |
| 32 | ‘ Maybe he 's used to servants , ’ I said to Helen in a loud voice , as I held the door open for him to slide in next to Jeeta and Jamila . |
| 33 | I tried to crush up a salt tablet in a cup and dissolve it in the water but she moaned when I held the cup to her lips and tried to turn her head away . |
| 34 | I held the vase carefully . |
| 35 | I held the jumper up to the machine , without stretching the work ( that is , between the two markers ) and picked up the ‘ stitches ’ within this area . |
| 36 | If I held the winning ticket this would definitely be my Single Of The Week . |
| 37 | I held the watch to my ear-it was battery-run , but a faint tick could normally be heard . |
| 38 | I held the children with their mother . |
| 39 | He opened his eyes ; I held the light away . |
| 40 | The closest I came to anything clinical was watching a nurse shave the chest of a Lebanese businessman , so that she could attach the electrodes required for an ECG — I held the kidney dish into which the used razor was deposited . |
| 41 | Er previously I 've had , held the license of Three Fishes at Lyddon er , for three years er , previous to that I held the license of the Mason 's Arms , with for three years previous to that and before I 've been connected with the catering and licensed trade from be fifteen . |
| 42 | Er previous to that I held the licence at The Three Fishes at er for three years . |
| 43 | Er previous to that I held the licence for The Mason 's Arms at for three years previous to that and before that I 've been connected with the catering and licence trade from being fifteen . |
| 44 | but I held the wobbly head of a boy |
| 45 | I held the curtailed lock out to him . |
| 46 | I held the book aloft . |
| 47 | I drove myself on in the certainty that I held the ‘ trump ’ card behind me , quite literally . |
| 48 | So I held the cigarette between my fingers , and waited . |
| 49 | Once more inside the pen I held the shovel in front of me and tried to usher the huge sow towards the door . |
| 50 | I held the telephone at arm 's length , and stared at it . |
| 51 | I held the bars until the nausea left me , pouring out through the restraining iron and into the open air . |
| 52 | I held the light up to the window , and looked out into the darkness . |
| 53 | I held the plates for him . |
| 54 | I asked as I held the deli door open for him . |
| 55 | I held the door for him on to the street . |
| 56 | I held the receiver away from my ear and looked at it , scowling . |
| 57 | I held the leg to the can and took the lid away , sliding the leg over the hole as I did so . |
| 58 | I held the staircase door open for Lisabeth and said : ‘ You first . ’ |
| 59 | I was upset , so I held the baby while she fetched me a cup of tea . |
| 60 | She holds the adventurers at bay by holding the scroll over a candle flame and threatening to destroy it . |