Example sentences of "held [pers pn] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He produced the snapshots of Vologsky and held them under Zhukov 's nose . |
| 2 | Crown counsel said the Belfast men bound and gagged Sarah Kennedy , her two young sons and a school-friend and held them at gunpoint in the house at My Lady 's Mile , Holywood , on November 27 , 1991 . |
| 3 | Two boat-hooks around the guard-rail stanchions held them in position . |
| 4 | He held them in thrall . ’ |
| 5 | He also held them in Ambleside and Manchester . |
| 6 | She disengaged herself and held me at arms , length . |
| 7 | Four kids jumped in the cab , and held me at gun point for three whole hours . ’ |
| 8 | Perhaps the magic of science would overcome this detestable witchcraft ( or whatever it was that held me in thrall ) . |
| 9 | She picked me up and held me in front of her face . |
| 10 | Joshua held her for half-an-hour , dozing contentedly . |
| 11 | She shot her arm out and tried to grab it from him , but his fingers closed firmly around her wrist and easily held her at bay . |
| 12 | Her mother held her at arm 's length and examined her like a piece of merchandise , turning her this way and that , searching for concealed flaws . |
| 13 | He held her at arm 's length . |
| 14 | He held her at arm 's length and smiled tenderly . |
| 15 | He held her at arm 's length until his muscles ached . |
| 16 | Then she held her at arm 's length and frowned a little . |
| 17 | Gina stopped where she was , her fingers clenched in the palms of her hand as she fought to control the surge of irritation which threatened to make her lose her temper completely , while Rune 's brilliant gaze held her in thrall , intimate , deliberately self-assured . |
| 18 | He could command her responses as easily as though he held her in thrall , and that made her more than a little afraid . |
| 19 | How could she have let herself be used by a man who held her in contempt ? |
| 20 | Her speech was clipped and deprecatory , yet she was sought after by a host of admirers who held her in awe and sometimes felt affection for her . |
| 21 | Tom Fish held him at arm 's length over his head , spun him this way and that until the sky turned sickeningly above him . |
| 22 | Benin embraced Werner then held him at arm 's length . |
| 23 | And then she abruptly pulled away and held him at arm 's length . |
| 24 | In her excitement , switching from Greek to broken English , she held him at arm 's length before kissing him soundly on both cheeks . |
| 25 | Suddenly she seized him and held him toward Nick . |
| 26 | Held him in Limerick Prison . |
| 27 | Koons reacted by shipping the work to Germany on a long-term museum loan , at which point the court held him in contempt , a charge which carries a daily fine . |
| 28 | Arriving at Dax with a large army he found , to his great delight , that the townspeople had captured his old opponent , the Count of Bigorre , and held him in prison . |
| 29 | One grabbed the lad and held him in front of him . |
| 30 | Iris picked up the teapot and held it over Melissa 's cup . |