Example sentences of "hold [pron] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before buying a tie , hold it up by the skinny end , like a fish . |
| 2 | So remember you hold it down for the right length and quickly take your hand off , as soon as you 've done it . |
| 3 | He was wearing an apron which made him look like a housewife , and tinkering with glass eyes , taking them out of a box and holding them up to the empty sockets of the dead bird , trying to find a matching pair that fitted . |
| 4 | Then , after carefully taking off his heavy rings , he picked each of the tiles up in turn , holding them up by the extreme edge . |
| 5 | You held her down for the other one . |
| 6 | Wexford held it up in the bright shaft of sunlight . |