Example sentences of "[pron] hold [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I held up a hand to shield my eyes . |
| 2 | She stopped as I held up a finger . |
| 3 | Now listen , ’ I held up a hand as he was about to burst into song again , ‘ you got a friend at the Regal Arms ? ’ |
| 4 | I held up a hand . |
| 5 | I held up a hand . |
| 6 | I held up a bottle of Long John that I had brought from Helsinki . |
| 7 | I held up a hand . |
| 8 | Yeah I I held up a traffic jam of about sixty cars doing that . |
| 9 | I held out a hand , and she pinched it with tiny , black-gloved fingers . |
| 10 | I held back a little before leaving them in her care , because as well as the hens there were eleven chicks ; she was a person full of goodwill and theories , but not practical . |
| 11 | Street Scene is the climax of this quest , an opera that speaks with the accents of Broadway , but which holds up a typically critical and compassionate mirror to the face of his adopted city . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She holds up a sepia portrait of a turn of the century belle in a high-necked Russian blouse , standing before the backdrop of a painted Arcadia , with balustrades and beckoning groves . |
| 14 | She holds up a Waitrose bag . |
| 15 | Literary , second-sighted , sick , she holds out a hand to him : he clasps it , but then decides he ca n't go on . |
| 16 | Now you hold up a minute , Muvver . ’ |
| 17 | I thought if you hold up a box of Roses chocolates , grin at it and say , ‘ Mmm … great chocolates ! ’ everybody quite correctly will despise you . |
| 18 | ‘ Look here , you hold down a difficult and sensitive job . |
| 19 | Who would employ her and how would she hold down a job ? |
| 20 | She held up a pacifying hand to the affronted CO . |
| 21 | She held up a pair of earrings , a composite of Benares Brass and delicate enamel . |
| 22 | She held up a heavy necklace of cabochon rubies intertwined with emeralds and pearls . |
| 23 | She held up a wizened hand . |
| 24 | ‘ Please , ’ she held up a hand . |
| 25 | She held up a contraceptive sheath . |
| 26 | She held up an extremely odd-looking weapon that looked like a cross between a Sten gun and a stick insect . |
| 27 | With Keith behind her , she felt much more confident and determined and she held out a hand to each of them . |
| 28 | She held out a shilling . |
| 29 | She held out a Coca-Cola to me . |
| 30 | Wordlessly she held out a bowl . |