Example sentences of "[pers pn] hold [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I hold thee by too many bands : |
2 | do you wan na little bit more table , that 's gon na be alright because you 've erm , if I move them if you put on that , if I hold them on my lap and then they wo n't get , you wo n't want to ask me , do you want another one ? |
3 | I hold him with me for as long as I can before my leg goes dead . |
4 | ‘ I hold you in some affection , child , ’ came the reply . |
5 | I hold you in the greatest esteem for the peerless courage you displayed in all you undertook . |
6 | In his Life he made William X of Aquitaine protest against Louis 's meddling in the Auvergne , with the words : ‘ If the count of Auvergne has committed any fault , it is my duty to present him at your court on your order , because he holds the Auvergne of me as I hold it of you . ’ |
7 | ‘ Development ’ may appear in any one writer 's successful novels ; in successful stories , I hold it to be a myth . ’ |
8 | ‘ Shall I hold it for you , ma'am ? ’ |
9 | ‘ In the end I held them against my side under my arm with the suspenders dangling down and some woman said , ‘ Eh , girl them suspenders look as if you should be milking them . ’ |
10 | TWICE IN MY LIFE I have consciously avoided meeting someone , because I held them in such awe . |
11 | I held her to me as we fell across the bed , feeling her lithe life-force twitching against me as beautiful as a rainbow trout , leaping from a mill race into my outstretched arms . |
12 | I held her by her wrists to keep her delicate fingers out of my pockets . |
13 | I was so relieved it was all over and my baby was alright and I held him for the first time . |
14 | With my own nose barely above water I held him with his head just higher than mine , but he still was n't breathing . |
15 | I held him with one arm and the other lay between him and the small bump that was the baby . |
16 | I held him against my shoulder . |
17 | I held him in my arms . |
18 | ‘ I 'd promised I would never fall for the obvious attractions of another beautiful woman , but from the moment I held you in my arms my instinct told me that you were as different from Lotta as wine is from vinegar . ’ |
19 | I held you in my arms last night . |
20 | I held it between my own , uncovered it to see the fingers lying on mine : a square hand , fine-boned , fine-textured , not large . |
21 | She passed it across and I held it on my knees without opening it . |
22 | I held it at that . |
23 | As I held it in my hand it all came back to me . |
24 | Recently , I picked up a young bird which one of my cats had caught ; I held it in my hands in the hope that it might survive . |
25 | I am praised because I held it by the tail . ’ |
26 | to me hold them against their will ? '' ’ |
27 | She 's taping it all , she holds it against you , you see , so she 's trying to blackmail ! |
28 | He is the kind of person you want to beat because you hold them in such high regard . ’ |
29 | Tea parties are wonderful fun — especially if you hold them in the garden on a hot day . |
30 | We use them as rubber and you hold them in your arms , alright ? |