Example sentences of "hold [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a while he opens his case , takes out a glass vial and holds it up to the light . |
| 2 | A teenage girl gets on the bus , then , as if she 's just remembered , takes out a comic story magazine and holds it out of the window . |
| 3 | Until then , the platform holds us out against the townscape |
| 4 | if you hold them up to the light then you see them |
| 5 | Take the baskets that hold them out of the pool and allow them to drain for an hour . |
| 6 | Cardiff watched him scan the wall , and then hold it up to the ceiling . |
| 7 | Drill nail holes in the batten , hold it up to the wall , and drill through one batten hole into the tiling . |
| 8 | in the bottom of the cup , it just when you hold the cup up to the light , the picture comes through , you know it 's , the shape and the colours come through when you hold it up to the light |
| 9 | hold it up to the light |
| 10 | ‘ How did you feel , ’ he said , ‘ when the monkey was holding you up on the roof ? ’ |
| 11 | He thought of the pattern of his visit so far ; the revelation of Rose McGarry 's death ; the discovery of the swan ; Jos 's warning ( had it been Jos 's strong arm holding him back in the dream ? ) ; and this most recent sign , which at the very least told him that someone had entered his room , his own sanctuary . |
| 12 | I was still holding her back from the window , and wondering what to do next , when Mr Edgar entered . |
| 13 | You were holding it up to the window . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I recognized her when her wig fell off , ’ my abductor said , holding it up with the scarf . |
| 15 | Taking the bag and holding it up towards the window , Bodie peered at the two slugs . |
| 16 | ‘ The cow is there ’ , said Ansell , lighting a match and holding it out over the carpet . |
| 17 | I said , holding it out on the palm of my hand . |
| 18 | She took the pendant from her pocket and crouched down , holding it out to the boy . |
| 19 | I tried everything , even hiring an off-duty castrato to hold them out of the way , but nothing worked . |
| 20 | Dark , malevolent and powerful , MESSIAH are proof that a murky goth past need n't hold you back in the dance arena . |
| 21 | However , one thing that is certain to hold you back in the learning process is a fear of breaking the model and you must conquer this or try something else . |
| 22 | ah , I 've put you a three eight , wide eight thick piece of steel lay it on the top that would hold it down in the middle |
| 23 | The brake is simply a length of ¾ × 2½in oak tied under the sled , with a steel ‘ claw ’ , and elastic shock cord to hold it up off the ground . |
| 24 | SCRIBBLED swear words on pillows and held them up to the cabin crew members demonstrating emergency procedures . |
| 25 | They thought it was normal for Lucy ( they had never called her Mummy ) to fly from room to room looking for her watch , keys , diary , gloves , scarf , and blow a kiss to them from the garden path as the taxi-driver carried her cello out to the car , while Nissy held them up to the window to wave . |
| 26 | He was polishing glasses and he held them up to the light to check them and thereby seemed to be ignoring Maidstone completely . |
| 27 | I pretended to find a smudge on the glasses , rinsed them , dried them and held them up to the light . |
| 28 | Ivan had held him back from the bedroom by force . |
| 29 | Anna rose and walked away , very slowly and stiffly — Constanza tried to follow her but a waiter held her up with the bill . |
| 30 | They held her up to the window , and she was crying and banging on the glass as we drove away . ’ |