Example sentences of "and hold it [adv prt] [prep] the " 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 | Taking the bag and holding it up towards the window , Bodie peered at the two slugs . |
| 4 | ‘ The cow is there ’ , said Ansell , lighting a match and holding it out over the carpet . |
| 5 | He drew out a sturdy transparent plastic inner bag and held it up to the light to show me the contents . |
| 6 | Miss Harker looked at it with distaste as if it were a species of repellent insect wriggling on a pin , then took it carefully between her finger and thumb and held it up to the light of the candle . |
| 7 | The photographer pulled his roll of film from the camera and held it up to the light . |
| 8 | The white-robed man took the torch from the girl and held it up to the people . |
| 9 | He picked up one of the envelopes and held it up to the light : the watermark showed the heraldic hybrid with which he was becoming familiar , with the wings of an eagle and the body of a lion . |
| 10 | He stepped over , pierced one of the raw chunks with his dagger and held it up before the mastiff . |
| 11 | He plucked a heavy silver ring from the middle finger of his left hand , tugging it over the knuckle impetuously , and held it out across the table in his palm . |
| 12 | Then from his own pocket he drew another , rather the same but very much shinier , and held it out in the palm of his hand . |