Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 | Literary , second-sighted , sick , she holds out a hand to him : he clasps it , but then decides he ca n't go on . |
4 | She holds out the tray . |
5 | With Keith behind her , she felt much more confident and determined and she held out a hand to each of them . |
6 | She held out a shilling . |
7 | She held out a Coca-Cola to me . |
8 | Wordlessly she held out a bowl . |
9 | She held out a bare leg , and certainly the ankle was misshapen and much swollen . |
10 | She held out a languid hand , which Jonadab seized and pumped up and down . |
11 | She held out a podgy hand . |
12 | She held out a twisted hand and I stepped forward to shake it lightly . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | She held out a hand and , when he took it , heaved him upright and pulled him towards the bedroom . |
15 | She held out a hand for the goggles , but when Benny returned them , she simply tucked them away . |
16 | " Open this , " delightedly she held out a different bottle and a corkscrew . |
17 | She held out a hand to him and patted the sofa beside her . |
18 | 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 ? ’ |
19 | She held out a bil form . |
20 | She held out the wallet as she spoke . |
21 | She held out the book in her hand . |
22 | But she paid them no heed as she held out the lid for Charlotte to see . |
23 | She held out the child to him . |
24 | She held out the pad she had been holding . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | Silently she held out the journal . |
27 | Silently , and still bemused , she held out the receiver . |
28 | She held out the letter . |
29 | She held out the first page of the manuscript file for him to read . |
30 | Silently she held out the key . |