Example sentences of "[pers pn] hold the " in BNC.
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| 61 | OPHELIA has been sewing and she holds the garment . |
| 62 | Actually she lights her torch at one of the candles in the church and somebody runs her up here in a car while she holds the torch out of the window . |
| 63 | Elizabeth Francis has now moved to St. Anne 's where she holds the Evans Pritchard Junior Research Fellowship in the Social Anthropology of Africa . |
| 64 | You hold the machine on the surface and gradually tilt the blade downwards to saw through . |
| 65 | It 's gone right across its middle , but it do n't matter too much , cos if you hold the bits together you can still see it OK . |
| 66 | However , the text editor was more accommodating , and had all the utility of the address book except its auto-dialler , which only works with tone-phones ( you hold the machine 's tiny speaker against the phone ) and anyway makes you look like an idiot . |
| 67 | ‘ Is it easier if you hold the book closer to you ? ’ |
| 68 | To prevent the transmission of body fluids ( which may carry HIV ; this includes vaginal fluids and menstrual blood ) between you and your partner during oral sex , you hold the dam stretched across your partner 's clitoris , labia , vagina and anus . |
| 69 | Touch legering means , quite simply , that you hold the line and feel for bites instead of relying on some kind of visual indication . |
| 70 | You hold the end of the string and the muscles in the hand cause the ‘ bob ’ to gyrate or swing in pendulum fashion . |
| 71 | Remember , you hold the key to my dreams in the palm of your hand . ’ |
| 72 | ‘ He would n't drink when he was travelling at all , but now I have found that he 'll drink if you put the bucket on the floor , but he utterly refuses to if you hold the bucket up to him … ’ . |
| 73 | As you hold the Chalice , become aware of any resistance you might have to drinking from it . |
| 74 | ‘ This time it 's only a practice run ; listen carefully ; the door will have to be opened ; that 's your job Tim ; Derek , you hold the life-line cord , drop the dinghy when I say , but forget what I told you at Blackpool — this time let go the handle when the line jerks tight ! |
| 75 | You hold the world at arms length while |
| 76 | When you withdraw make sure you hold the condom tight to the base of your dick as you pull it out . |
| 77 | Injections into , say , the muscle of the hindleg are more painful , but if you hold the dog as directed , offering plenty of reassurance , then no long-term behavioural problem should take hold as a result and the experience should be rapidly forgotten . |
| 78 | This is the disc of light you see if you hold the binoculars at arm 's length and look through them . |
| 79 | When you hold the net up to drain , the small animals will have been collected in the glass tube , which you can then tip into a jar . |
| 80 | You hold the log out in front of you as you walk towards the bed . |
| 81 | ‘ Okay , you hold the rifle , and I 'll go down on you . ’ |
| 82 | ‘ You hold the other end and see , ’ the boy usually said , a bit angry . |
| 83 | ‘ Your vassals will come to you for justice , and you can not expect them to accept your judgement if it can be seen that you hold the Yasa in contempt . ’ |
| 84 | You got us into this , was my uncharitable thought , now you hold the fort while we climb out of it . |
| 85 | ‘ If you hold the net firmly , my partner here could draw it closely round the squirrel so that it ca n't struggle . ’ |
| 86 | He says that if you hold the sheep properly , it wo n't struggle . |
| 87 | Never mind reading the bloody paper while you hold the cup ! |
| 88 | Look if you hold the handle you can tip it , tip it up . |
| 89 | in the bottom of the cup , it just when you hold the cup up to the light , the picture comes through , you know it 's , the shape and the colours come through when you hold it up to the light |
| 90 | You hold the middle of the buggy like that . |