Example sentences of "[pers pn] hold it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Shall I hold it for you , ma'am ? ’ |
| 2 | What are you holding it for ? |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Rewarded with a seat on the Privy Council , he held it for less than a month , dying of apoplexy 20 July 1675 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |