Example sentences of "[pers pn] hold [pron] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I held you firmly by the hand , |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't give a fig , ’ Cranston replied , ‘ if you hold it direct from the Holy Father ! |
| 3 | I think you hold it right at the end . |
| 4 | Her earliest memory was of him holding her tightly by the hand , when she was just a toddler , in case she strayed too near the rushing river . |
| 5 | Not nine months out of the convent , and she was behaving like a trollop , encouraging him to hold her tightly round the waist , tossing back her head to laugh , looking into his face with a silly , fatuous smile . |
| 6 | Each touch of each finger seemed to burn through her sweat-shirt , and her insides gave the most awful lurch as he held her easily above the floor , his eyes fixed steadily on hers . |
| 7 | He held her hard against the door , his dark face very close . |
| 8 | He pulled her into his arms , giving her no chance to try to evade him as he held her tightly against the solid strength of his body . |
| 9 | He held her tightly against the length of him , and there was no space between their bodies . |