Example sentences of "[pron] hold [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Shall I hold it for you , ma'am ? ’ |
| 2 | I was so relieved it was all over and my baby was alright and I held him for the first time . |
| 3 | They then wheeled in unison into a shaft of light which held them for a second or so before they soared over the car and away . |
| 4 | ‘ Who holds it for the Empress ? ’ |
| 5 | What are you holding it for ? |
| 6 | And both have been designed to enable you to hold them for long periods of time . |
| 7 | She held them for a moment , inhaling their perfume . |
| 8 | In 1753 the estate again passed by marriage , this time to the Devonshire family , who held it for almost 100 years . |
| 9 | They let me hold her for a few minutes and then they took her away upstairs to Special Care . |
| 10 | So you open it up and you find which is your sterile bit and you put that over the point of the elbow and you can bring that once around and you can ask her to hold it for you , if you like |
| 11 | He held me for a minute or two , quite tight , kissing and stroking my hair , then we sat down again . |
| 12 | He held her for a while and they said nothing . |
| 13 | He held her for a moment longer , glaring down at her , crushing her with his body , his fingers . |
| 14 | Then , as she shuddered , he held her for a moment against him . |
| 15 | Cross soon secured his place in the Palace line-up and he held it for a long time , but his partnership with Jack Little for three seasons was a much-admired feature of the Palace defence . |
| 16 | Rewarded with a seat on the Privy Council , he held it for less than a month , dying of apoplexy 20 July 1675 . |
| 17 | When he took Nicandra 's plate away he held it for Maman to see , hoping perhaps that a little annoyance might irritate her back to liveliness . |
| 18 | Ronni felt her blood leap and burn within her as he held it for a moment , squeezing gently , then , almost as though the gesture was an afterthought , allowing his thumb to graze lightly against the burning peak . |