Example sentences of "[pers pn] hold the [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I held the leg to the can and took the lid away , sliding the leg over the hole as I did so . |
| 2 | Er previously I 've had , held the license of Three Fishes at Lyddon er , for three years er , previous to that I held the license of the Mason 's Arms , with for three years previous to that and before I 've been connected with the catering and licensed trade from be fifteen . |
| 3 | Er previous to that I held the licence at The Three Fishes at er for three years . |
| 4 | Er previous to that I held the licence for The Mason 's Arms at for three years previous to that and before that I 've been connected with the catering and licence trade from being fifteen . |
| 5 | You hold the middle of the buggy like that . |
| 6 | You hold the machine on the surface and gradually tilt the blade downwards to saw through . |
| 7 | You hold the end of the string and the muscles in the hand cause the ‘ bob ’ to gyrate or swing in pendulum fashion . |
| 8 | She held the bird by the ring at the top of the cage and it had started to trill again . |
| 9 | She held the curl over the fire . |
| 10 | She held the letter over the basket , ready to consign it to being thrown away , and then at the last minute snatched it back and put in in her desk . |
| 11 | Sighing , she held the pan under the tap and rinsed it out . |
| 12 | With great care , she held the box over the neck of the jug and pulled the lid fully open and tipped the newt in . |
| 13 | She held the envelope to the light , squinting at it with one eye while she tried to read the first paragraph . |
| 14 | ‘ At the Roman Soprintendenza we hold the role of the restorer in very high esteem , and we take full account of our restorers ’ periodic reports on the state of conservation of works in our museums ’ . |
| 15 | As the minister said these orders impose a new statutory duty on auditors and as he quite rightly reminded us , it is something that er we welcomed when we held the debate on the Bingham report in November nineteen ninety two , some fifteen months ago , er , I think it is fair to say that whilst we welcomed that recommendation from Bingham , we did n't say that was all that was required and it is certainly our view that whilst these orders are very welcome , they are only a start in the battle against detecting fraud and other crimes of dishonesty . |
| 16 | Eventually Rose persuaded them to hold the reception in the house . |
| 17 | They hold the passes in the broken northlands against the constant incursions of the Dark Elves . |
| 18 | I think they hold the balance at the end do n't they ? |
| 19 | Shinwell had been heard to declare that " he held the seamen of the Clyde in the hollow of his hand " and that English ports were also dissatisfied with Wilson 's autocratic methods and ready to break away if he did not tell them what he had done with their money . |
| 20 | He held the leadership of the Conservative Party , to which he was unanimously elected ( proposed by Curzon ) immediately following his accession to the premiership , until 1937 , a longer period than any of his predecessors since Salisbury , and a longer period too than any but one ( Churchill ) of his seven successors has since attained . |
| 21 | He held the medal of the Royal Humane Society for saving a person from drowning . |
| 22 | And he held the wages of the afternoon of him . |
| 23 | Kukulkan was attended by spirits of earth , water and fire , and was responsible for the sprouting of maize crops and the mating of fish — in short , in his hands he held the key to the tribe 's survival . |
| 24 | In 1880 he was elected Liberal MP for Montgomeryshire and he held the seat for the next fourteen years . |
| 25 | The sort of affair that would not be tolerated now that he held the stewardship of the Service . |
| 26 | Some of them held the Koran over the Shah head , to give him its customary protection on his journey , and wailed as the royal party left by helicopter for the airport . |