Example sentences of "hold it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when he waves a noose , he holds it with a velvet glove . |
| 2 | A smith uses a hammer very differently to most tradesmen , never holds it at the bottom of the shaft , for the resulting whip means that power is lost so they always clench the tool near the head . |
| 3 | Sometimes he walking round with his marking book and he holds it at an angle you know so you can see all the answers . |
| 4 | Yet another , the gladiator spider , spins a small skein of silk and holds it between her four front legs . |
| 5 | It clutches the note , screws it up and holds it to its greasy black coat . |
| 6 | According to the 1929 Encyclopaedia Britannica , one theory of consciousness holds it to be inherent in every atom of the body . |
| 7 | It is to require banks to hold capital specifically against market risk — broadly , the chance that the price of a share or a bond or a currency , for example , will fall , and expose the bank that holds it to loss . |
| 8 | ‘ Who holds it for the Empress ? ’ |
| 9 | He holds it through a riveting performance of the Toccata , a sumptuously lyrical adagio ( although perhaps here it has more the air of an andante amabile ) and a gloriously ebullient Fugue . |
| 10 | He hands me the silver tube , lights a match and holds it under the foil while I suck in and follow the smoke . |
| 11 | The water soaks into the ground and becomes sucked in to a sandstone strata , which holds it like a sponge under the city . |
| 12 | In a joint statement they said Mr Bush ‘ holds it in his power to deny the right of choice to the poorest , most vulnerable American women ’ . |
| 13 | What he can do is to say that the legal owner can not in conscience , in equity , make use of his Common Law right for his own benefit ; he must use it for the benefit of the man for whom he holds it in trust . |
| 14 | You are incorporating humus on which the beneficial bacteria thrive and which both drains the soil of surplus moisture , yet holds it in the right degree . |
| 15 | WMGO holds the account in the UK , while BBDO holds it in Italy . |
| 16 | Two or more warp strands are tied together to form a knot which presses against the final weft strand and holds it in place . |
| 17 | The water holds it in place within the pool while it is secured at the top by rocks , paving slabs or turves . |
| 18 | Does n't , it holds it all , it holds it in its , in itself |
| 19 | He holds it in his mouth , he picks out a match and he strikes it on the box . |
| 20 | She unhooks the silver droplet from her ear , holds it in her palm , and glares down into it . |
| 21 | She picks up this blue skirt and holds it against her legs and then puts it back on the rail . |
| 22 | Crilly kisses my hand and holds it against his mouth . |
| 23 | She 's taping it all , she holds it against you , you see , so she 's trying to blackmail ! |
| 24 | In his Life he made William X of Aquitaine protest against Louis 's meddling in the Auvergne , with the words : ‘ If the count of Auvergne has committed any fault , it is my duty to present him at your court on your order , because he holds the Auvergne of me as I hold it of you . ’ |
| 25 | It was all so unreal , she felt she had to write it down to prove it was happening , to have it and hold it to her heart . |
| 26 | All she had to do was remove the safety cap from the autoinjector , hold it to her thigh , press a red button at the other end and wait 10 seconds . |
| 27 | Hold it to the light , with the eye pointing up and down , and you should observe that the thickness of the shaft is scalloped away by 50% just above the eye on the rear face . |
| 28 | ‘ Development ’ may appear in any one writer 's successful novels ; in successful stories , I hold it to be a myth . ’ |
| 29 | Some of them try to dissociate themselves from their group and ‘ fondly imagine ’ their identity to be ‘ different from what others hold it to be ’ . |
| 30 | I borrow the gun and hold it to the big guy 's head . |