Example sentences of "[conj] hold [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely this is the moment when the strong west should be able to offer a hand of assistance to those countries , rather than holding them at arm 's length while it completes its own internal workings . |
| 2 | Frozen food storage cabinets are designed to accept pre-frozen food and hold it at the proper storage temperature — 18°C to -22°C . |
| 3 | ‘ Whatever is it ? ’ shrieked the old lady , shaking her loose and holding her at arm 's length . |
| 4 | Sarah would not take a flying run , but with John and Nora running and holding her at each side , just catching the fringes of the grass , she had her stately share , too . |
| 5 | She disengaged herself and held me at arms , length . |
| 6 | Four kids jumped in the cab , and held me at gun point for three whole hours . ’ |
| 7 | And then she abruptly pulled away and held him at arm 's length . |
| 8 | Crown counsel said the Belfast men bound and gagged Sarah Kennedy , her two young sons and a school-friend and held them at gunpoint in the house at My Lady 's Mile , Holywood , on November 27 , 1991 . |
| 9 | He took the gun out of his pocket and held it at waist-level . |
| 10 | The man brought out a photograph and held it at arm 's length , walking toward them . |