Example sentences of "held [pron] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She took her arms away from round her kids ' shoulders and held them out for him . |
| 2 | ‘ In fact he held me up for so long I 'm now wondering if it was a deliberate act on his part . ’ |
| 3 | You held her down for the other one . |
| 4 | Botham had the first six wickets before Marshall and Baptiste held him up for while , Marshall being lucky not to be on the wrong end of a legendary catch when Don Topley , a groundstaff boy who went on to play for Essex , brilliantly caught him one-handed on the square leg boundary , only to put one foot over the rope . |
| 5 | Fowler and Gower held him up for a while with 91 for the third wicket , but by the close of play he had two more — including a caught and bowled — and on Monday morning , cutting down his run-up , he polished off the tail to finish with 7 for 53 . |
| 6 | He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands . |
| 7 | Withdrawing one hand from behind her back , she held it up for inspection . |
| 8 | See , ’ she held it up for his inspection . |
| 9 | Harvey held it up for Pike to see . |
| 10 | Then he capped his own little finger with it and held it up for them both to see . |
| 11 | Marx downed his glass in one gulp and absent-mindedly held it out for more . |
| 12 | To his surprise , Molly threw away the dregs of tea in her beaker and held it out for him to fill with the frothing liquor . |
| 13 | He turned to reach down her fleecy cream jacket from the stand in the corner and held it out for her . |
| 14 | She held it out for me to see . |
| 15 | for a kick off anyway , you held us up for three , five months with drawings being late ! |