Example sentences of "hold up the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ go around and hold up the northern half of this wood . |
| 2 | The second consideration is that batching implies holding up the first enquiries to be received . |
| 3 | A sleeping pope , in an elaborately curtained bedchamber , attired in the red mantle and the tiara , witnesses the bare-footed Francis , clad in a rough brown garment , holding up the tremendous weight of a marble-pillared church , decorated with a Cosmati frieze and surmounted by a tower of five storeys . |
| 4 | They are itching to hold up the red card to an establishment that does n't believe that ex-pros have the right pedigree to control top matches . |
| 5 | By the early 1830s the very ‘ glut ’ of petitions so held up the normal business of the day that , although an exceptional petition like that of the ladies could make an impression , the House of Commons acted to refer petitions to a committee and deny immediate speech on them on the floor of the House . |
| 6 | In its combination of sentimental piety and intimations of economic progress the description of the frontispiece to the Sheffield abolitionist volume Negro 's Friend ( 1826 ) held up the perfect image of success . |
| 7 | I held up the intact bottle of rice wine I 'd finally recovered from the depths of my parka . |
| 8 | When the selected pile alone remained , he switched on a powerful reading spotlamp above the table , took a jeweller 's loupe from his pocket , a pair of tweezers in his right hand , and held up the first stone to the light . |
| 9 | Chaman held up the pink bedspread against her mouth to demonstrate what she meant . |
| 10 | His last victory , by relieving the Turkish siege of Belgrade in 1456 , held up the Turkish advance for several generations . |