Example sentences of "[pron] held up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I held up the intact bottle of rice wine I 'd finally recovered from the depths of my parka . |
| 2 | It was almost concealed by the small columns which held up the campanile roof , merely a shinier darkness in the dark . |
| 3 | They held up the bright new diesel buses and , even worse , blocked the progress of private motorists in bulbous Austins and lumpen Humbers in canyon-like city thoroughfares . |
| 4 | Again he mirrored her meanings back , and he held up the distorted black lumps that were her errors of syntax . |
| 5 | In a footnote he held up the Greek Doric style as the model for a reformed modern architecture . |
| 6 | He held up the soft peach wool jacket that Kate intended to wear , but there was a sudden rueful expression on his face as he met her eyes again . |
| 7 | He held up the green ribbon . |
| 8 | He held up the buff folder . |