Example sentences of "held it [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The poor bird squawked and scrabbled , its claws beating the madman 's stomach , ripping his rags still further , but Red Hand held it firmly by the neck . |
| 2 | Alice ended with a flourish of her bow , held it high in the air and found herself laughing in triumph . |
| 3 | The police-sergeant took the envelope and held it carefully by the edges between his fingers and thumb . |
| 4 | Carefully she drew it out through the folds of the eiderdown and held it close to the flame of the nightlight . |
| 5 | She remodelled it with careful fingers , then held it close to the flame . |
| 6 | Once , he licked his finger and held it aloft in the airstream before lowering it to point decisively along a corridor that appeared to Bernice no different from the other two that also ran from the junction . |