Example sentences of "[pers pn] hold [pers pn] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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1 | if you hold them up to the light then you see them |
2 | 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 |
3 | When she held it up to the light she saw that a small circle of skin was inflamed . |
4 | They held her up to the window , and she was crying and banging on the glass as we drove away . ’ |
5 | He was polishing glasses and he held them up to the light to check them and thereby seemed to be ignoring Maidstone completely . |
6 | Once the glass was full he held it up to the lantern that hung from the awning 's strut and toasted whichever patient had paid for that afternoon 's bonefishing . |
7 | He held it up to the light to give a clearer view . |