Example sentences of "[coord] hold [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is Michael Wayland , who appears on television a lot , and who as a consequence can never remember anything unless it 's written on the Autocue , or held up beside the lens in front of him . |
| 2 | So my suggestion and this is only a suggestion , the beards which in the past have been interpreted as a kind of erm epigrammatic signal , in other words a kind of erm sign on the face of the male as they 're deceived , my guess is that , th that beards may actually have evolved to protect the throat because erm the critical thing in , in killing somebody is to block the , the windpipe and that 's and in fact even , even lions do this , you saw in the film when a lion kills an antelope or something , he does n't go to all the trouble of making horrible gashes , he grabs the , the windpipe and holds on until the antelope or whatever it is is just er |
| 3 | Instead , look for a protein based product that is acid balanced to keep the cuticle tight and hold on to the colour . |
| 4 | Hold the tape measure loosely round the pulled back curtain and hold back against the hook . |
| 5 | With toes pointed downwards , raise the extended leg 6ins ( 15cm ) off the floor , leaning right over to the opposite side for balance and holding on to the ankle in front of you . |
| 6 | With toes pointed , raise the extended leg 6ins ( 1 5cm ) , leaning over to the opposite side for balance and holding on to the ankle in front . |
| 7 | She was slurring her words and holding on to the bar-top for support . |
| 8 | Not only that , it 's a full-fledged endangered species ( see ‘ Pigs in distress ’ ) , having disappeared entirely from the islands of Masbate , Bohol , Cebu , Guimaras and Sequijor , and holding on by the skin of its tusks only on Negros and Panay . |
| 9 | This is the kind of question which has no answer , since no difference between commitment and rhetoric will be discernable until refugees are faced with a real choice between some kind of a settlement falling short of the ideal and holding out for the ideal itself . |
| 10 | The crab has a longer body than the other species shown here , and the legs are flattened and held away from the carapace . |
| 11 | He could hardly stand , and held on to the back of a chair , as she entered the room . |
| 12 | She yelled , as if touched by fire , and held on to the moment , her torso subsiding fraction by fraction . |
| 13 | Friends and relatives continued to circle the liner in small boats ; a fox terrier , sent on ahead from Germany , was rowed out each day and held up towards the rail and its distant owners . |
| 14 | They kept as close as they could to the east bank of the stream and held generally towards the north . |
| 15 | As the tide rose , water was forced back up the Westbury Brook and held back by the sluice gates . |
| 16 | There was a little tentative transit-taking on board some yachts , but most dispensed with esoteric racing rites and held back from the melee to claim clean air and water . |
| 17 | This last is finished in an open-weave stretch fabric and is located very simply by two pegs at its base and held back against the baffle by a strong magnet at the top — an exceptionally neat arrangement which , together with the lack of any visible fixings for the driver itself , gives the 103/4 very clean lines whether or not the grille is left in place . |
| 18 | Several authorities increased their maintenance allowances , paid to the children of very poor families to stay on at secondary school , –5 to compensate for the failure to raise the school leaving age to fifteen , scheduled to take place in 1939 , but held back by the war . |