Example sentences of "and held it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took the Deep Space discod from his jerkin and held it meaningfully towards the light source . |
| 2 | He took her hand and held it tenderly and they both smiled as Mitch at Maggie 's side muttered , |
| 3 | Emptying his mind of everything except an awareness of the Presence of his Creator , Father Kipling enfolded the stem of the monstrance in the ends of his humeral veil , and held it high , and made with it the Sign of the Cross in the air . |
| 4 | The police-sergeant took the envelope and held it carefully by the edges between his fingers and thumb . |
| 5 | She plucked the thermometer from Forster and held it unbelievingly in front of her . |
| 6 | Marcus put his cup on the floor , snatched a biscuit from the plate and held it absently between finger and thumb . |
| 7 | He caught her hand and held it fast , his fingers tightening as she hesitated . |
| 8 | And held it right up until recently . |
| 9 | She took his face between her two hands and held it away , panting . |
| 10 | He picked it up and held it away from him while he looked at it . |
| 11 | When it was fully clear of the cave , three of the hunters then simultaneously seized it by head , tail and centre and held it straight enough to feed head-first into an open sack held by the fourth man . |
| 12 | He took her arm , and held it firmly by its crooked elbow , propelling her so that she did not collide with the crowds of people , and she liked to have it held . |
| 13 | Dreaming Lee took to this camera immediately and held it delicately and lifted the front-flap and looked through it in order to focus on something and take a picture of it . |
| 14 | He slipped his fingers round her palm and held it comfortingly . |
| 15 | One of the soldiers in the small troupe lit a handful of straw from his tinder-box and held it aloft . |
| 16 | Once , he licked his finger and held it aloft in the airstream before lowering it to point decisively along a corridor that appeared to Bernice no different from the other two that also ran from the junction . |
| 17 | Balor gave a last bubbling cry and a sudden ripple of triumph went through the Trees as the farthest of the Oaks pulled free an arm and held it aloft , a bloody stump , a torn-off gobbet of flesh . |
| 18 | Kruger took up a sword-sharp scimitar and held it aloft for blessing . |
| 19 | He felt for the receiver and held it gingerly to his ear . |
| 20 | His hand had caught hers again and held it very tightly . |
| 21 | The giant , Dan , lifted Newman 's glass and held it close to his mouth . |
| 22 | Carefully she drew it out through the folds of the eiderdown and held it close to the flame of the nightlight . |
| 23 | Then he kissed her hand and held it close to his chest . |
| 24 | Mrs Lawler took her husband by the hand and held it tight . |
| 25 | He felt for her hand and held it tight . |
| 26 | Bobby grabbed hold of his hand and held it tightly : Minton turned his face to the wall and began to sob . |
| 27 | Mrs Diggory shook her head as she took the hand and held it tightly . |
| 28 | She picked up the dice-cup and held it as steady as a rock , yet all the Gods could hear the three cubes rattling about inside . |
| 29 | I put one ear to the can and held it still . |
| 30 | At this point Darrel snatched the child from her arms , strode to the open fireplace , pressed it against the blazing logs with his riding boot and held it there until no more sound came from its tiny body . |