Example sentences of "[pron] hold out [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I held out a hand , and she pinched it with tiny , black-gloved fingers . |
| 2 | Unable to say anything , I held out the book in my shaking hand , holding it only with the tips of my fingers . |
| 3 | After a three-day crisis meeting , the Communist Party Central Committee revealed an ‘ action programme for renewal ’ which holds out the prospect of free elections , a democratic coalition government and parliamentary investigations into malpractices and abuses of power . |
| 4 | And while the performance of the Alpine is in the supercar league , the cost of using it , in terms of comfort , running costs and fuel economy , is definitely not — which holds out the enticing prospect of accomplishing long , fast continental journeys in great comfort and 25 mpg economy . |
| 5 | Advice like ‘ it 's your age ’ or ‘ you 'll just have to learn to live with it ’ is beginning to wear thin and many people are seeking desperately for alternatives which hold out the promise of improved health . |
| 6 | By yesterday evening the largest lender , the Halifax , which held out a glimmer of hope earlier in the day that it could stick with its 13.5 per cent rate , acknowleged a rise was inevitable . |
| 7 | Literary , second-sighted , sick , she holds out a hand to him : he clasps it , but then decides he ca n't go on . |
| 8 | She holds out the tray . |
| 9 | With Keith behind her , she felt much more confident and determined and she held out a hand to each of them . |
| 10 | She held out a shilling . |
| 11 | She held out a Coca-Cola to me . |
| 12 | Wordlessly she held out a bowl . |
| 13 | She held out a bare leg , and certainly the ankle was misshapen and much swollen . |
| 14 | She held out a languid hand , which Jonadab seized and pumped up and down . |
| 15 | She held out a podgy hand . |
| 16 | She held out a twisted hand and I stepped forward to shake it lightly . |
| 17 | She held out a thin hand covered with huge , glittering rings that were loose on her fingers and said , ‘ Come and sit here , pretty child . |
| 18 | She held out a hand and , when he took it , heaved him upright and pulled him towards the bedroom . |
| 19 | She held out a hand for the goggles , but when Benny returned them , she simply tucked them away . |
| 20 | " Open this , " delightedly she held out a different bottle and a corkscrew . |
| 21 | She held out a hand to him and patted the sofa beside her . |
| 22 | She held out a piece of black cardboard with a silver star stuck on it , and when her mother made no effort to take it from her or exclaim her delight and approbation , she stared up at her and then said , ‘ Mammy ? ’ |
| 23 | She held out a bil form . |
| 24 | She held out the wallet as she spoke . |
| 25 | She held out the book in her hand . |
| 26 | But she paid them no heed as she held out the lid for Charlotte to see . |
| 27 | She held out the child to him . |
| 28 | She held out the pad she had been holding . |
| 29 | As she held out the flowers , and the bright young face lit up , Folly felt a fresh surge of anger against the man they held in common . |
| 30 | Silently she held out the journal . |