Example sentences of "held [pron] out to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She held them out to Johnny and dropped them into his hand . |
| 2 | Lifting her arms , she held them out to him . |
| 3 | Louisa stepped on to the ice , crossed her hands and held them out to her escorts . |
| 4 | Isabel lowered her hands and held them out to him in an invitation that was as ancient as womanhood . |
| 5 | In the kitchen the fire was burning low but there was light enough to see the steam rising from the bedclothes as they held them out to air . |
| 6 | Indeed , as the Daurog elder scooped nuts and berries and held them out to his family , Holly-jack came over to Tallis and stretched her branch-tusked mouth into the semblance of a smile . |
| 7 | My Lord the defence admit that no such advice was given to the plaintiff but they deny that they were under any duty er to give such advice and it is pleaded in the that er the defendants will rely upon the fact that Mr er held himself out to be er an experienced man of business and as such it was not necessary on their part to advise him upon the adequacy and arrangements for the financing of the operation . |
| 8 | Marc fished in his pocket and held something out to them . |
| 9 | He poured a golden stream of liquid into two delicate bone china cups , and held one out to Jackson , who sipped it cautiously . |
| 10 | The day after , Jamie came in with the wooden dish of porridge , held it out to Cameron , then twitched it away when he reached for it and turned it upside down . |
| 11 | Picking up the long gun , Doyle ran his finger along the barrel and then held it out to the Hare-woman . |
| 12 | I held it out to him from the pouch . |
| 13 | It was Marian who picked up a broken cross-bow from the debris piled about on the roof and held it out to Allen . |
| 14 | He picked the hambone off the rock where he had put it and held it out to Michael . |
| 15 | Bewildered , she held it out to him . |
| 16 | His right hand dropped the billhook and he held it out to her , shaking , palm upward , and looked at her beseechingly , like a child . |
| 17 | He pulled a photograph out of his shirt pocket inside the overall , and held it out to Anna . |
| 18 | He held it out to me . |
| 19 | She adjusted her half-moon glasses , reached for a document to her left , held it out to him ; all without looking up . |
| 20 | Boldwood took from his pocket a diamond engagement ring , and held it out to her . |
| 21 | She brought her right hand up out of the bedclothes and held it out to him . |
| 22 | She held it out to Angelica , and said , ‘ For the kitchen ? ’ |
| 23 | He held it out to Janice . |
| 24 | He held it out to her . |
| 25 | Beamish , who had been watching like a man in a daze , pulled a handful of hay from a bale and held it out to her . |
| 26 | He sat her in the armchair and lit the gas-fire , poured a large Scotch and held it out to her . |
| 27 | Spatz studied the first of the files for a while , then held it out to Hammond . |
| 28 | He opened the buckles on his bag , and took out a bird , a small grey plover , its crest still dancing over its open eye , and held it out to her . |
| 29 | He held it out to me . |
| 30 | He held it out to Gómez . |