Example sentences of "[noun prp] held [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Madge held the folds of material away as Therese climbed down from the stage . |
| 2 | Derek Jefferson held the pin for Harley 's approach putt of about fifty feet . |
| 3 | Albret held the castle of Casenave from him , and was his vassal , although the centre of Albret power lay well outside the vicomté of Béarn . |
| 4 | The formation swam up as Woolley held the flight in its dive . |
| 5 | At the Cafe Royal the following night , David held a swish retirement party with guests like Mick and Bianca Jagger , Ringo Starr , Paul McCartney , Keith Moon , Britt Eckland , Tony Curtis , Cat Stevens , Lou Reed , Jeff Beck , Eliot Gould , Ryan O'Neal , Barbra Streisand , Sonny Bono , Peter Cook and Dudley Moore , with music supplied by Dr John . |
| 6 | On his return from Scotland , Edward held a tournament at Dunstable at which he no doubt hoped to revive the jollity and jousting of earlier years . |
| 7 | Mrs Rumney held the door wide as I finally managed to steer him towards it but the big dog was n't finished yet . |
| 8 | Gordon Mahoney held the brandy glass in his hand and swirled the amber fluid around gently before sipping at it . |
| 9 | Muhammad held the post in Shawwal 837/June 1434 , Muharram 840/July 1436 and Safar 844/July 1440 ; that Hajji Ahmad b . |
| 10 | Branson held no grudge against Rodney Birbeck . |
| 11 | He under-estimated his side 's dominance by two years , as Surrey held the champions ' pennant from 1952–58 . |
| 12 | The Steward was generally a nobleman of the highest rank : the Earls of Kent , Worcester , Essex , and Surrey held the office under the Yorkist Kings . |
| 13 | In view of the differences in the natures of their jobs and in their locations , and in view of the lack of any mention of a connection between the two men , it is not impossible to suppose that they held their offices contemporaneously , that while Molla Yegan held the office of Mufti In conjunction with his other offices in Bursa , perhaps even retaining some official precedence over Fahreddin Acemi , the latter was appointed to an entirely new office , the Mufti of the capital , which was then Edirne . |
| 14 | The Falkirk Council of Churches established the post of Development Education worker in Falkirk in March , 1989 and Mrs. held the post up to the end of October this year . |
| 15 | On May 22 Gorbachev held a meeting with Gorbunovs and Estonia 's President Arnold Rüütel , later described by Rüütel as " difficult and unpleasant for all sides " , at which Gorbachev repeated the demand that they cancel their independence declarations before any negotiations on the republics ' status could begin . |
| 16 | Hurrying to the door , Manville held the sack up so that it half obscured his face and walked briskly after the young agent . |
| 17 | In 1954 Mitterrand held the information portfolio in the Mendes-France Government : he appointed a Gaullist with left-wing connections , Jean Marin , as ‘ DG ’ — a post Marin succeeded in holding for 2 I years . ’ |
| 18 | The demonstrations began on March 7 , when 200 women representing organisations from all over the West Bank and Gaza held a sit-in at the Red Cross offices in East Jerusalem . |
| 19 | Getting the ball rolling sooner than expected , OSF held a series of technology workshops in Cambridge , Massachusetts last week to formulate a standardised architecture to support application interoperability on the X-Window system . |
| 20 | Dorothea Shottery held the receiver a little away from her ear , startled and trying to identify the voice . |
| 21 | The IAC held a press conference to trumpet their document and announced that every international athlete had signed it with the exceptions of Steve and me . |
| 22 | Following the government 's failure to meet the deadline the CFD held a rally on Sept. 30 in Ouagadougou which ended in clashes with government supporters . |
| 23 | Marie held the bag open while he tipped in the empty drink cans . |
| 24 | While Maureen , who raised the alarm , began to detach herself from the child she had taken home , returning it briefly to hospital , Marie held the infant she called Gemma tightly to her . |
| 25 | Raymond-Guillaume was to hold the salle ( hall with living quarters ) while Guillaume held the tower . |
| 26 | Frederica and Alexander held a discussion of natural supernaturalism . |
| 27 | Moreover Lenin held the view from Babeuf via Marx that regular armies should be abolished , thus reducing the danger of the nationalistic Bonapartism that overcame France . |
| 28 | On Dec. 1 Ukraine held a referendum on the independence of the republic , in parallel with republican presidential elections . |
| 29 | The seneschals tended to be Englishmen and between 1279 and 1307 Thomas of Sandwich , knight , Richard of Pevensey , Thomas de Belhus , knight , John Bakewell and John Clinton of Maxstoke held the office . |
| 30 | The ANC held a policy conference in Johannesburg on May 28-31 aimed at developing the organization 's principal guiding document , the Freedom Charter , which had been adopted in 1955 . |