Example sentences of "held [pers pn] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She disengaged herself and held me at arms , length . |
| 3 | Four kids jumped in the cab , and held me at gun point for three whole hours . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He held her at arm 's length . |
| 7 | He held her at arm 's length and smiled tenderly . |
| 8 | He held her at arm 's length until his muscles ached . |
| 9 | Then she held her at arm 's length and frowned a little . |
| 10 | Tom Fish held him at arm 's length over his head , spun him this way and that until the sky turned sickeningly above him . |
| 11 | Benin embraced Werner then held him at arm 's length . |
| 12 | And then she abruptly pulled away and held him at arm 's length . |
| 13 | In her excitement , switching from Greek to broken English , she held him at arm 's length before kissing him soundly on both cheeks . |
| 14 | He took the gun out of his pocket and held it at waist-level . |
| 15 | The cold held it at bay despite the glow of the flames on his face . |
| 16 | He lift ed his picture , held it at arm 's length , considered it , replaced it on the table , rubbed out a couple of lines and carried on drawing . |
| 17 | At every corner they paused , checked the signal strength , held it at arm 's length to see if they could detect a greater strength around the other side . |
| 18 | The man brought out a photograph and held it at arm 's length , walking toward them . |