Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] hold the " in BNC.

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1 She asked him to hold the screen just where it was and she went round the back of it , out of his sight .
2 She would patrol the class , a wooden foot ruler at the ready in her hand , if she saw you holding the pen incorrectly , down came the ruler on your knuckles .
3 He was admitted on 6 May , and remained in the care of Dr William Battie , a distinguished physician and a Cambridge graduate who had himself held the scholarship which Smart held after him .
4 He asked me to hold the coffee up to his lips and I was gone .
5 He let her hold the steering wheel , but she did n't want to go again .
6 The next thing was that he wanted her to hold the bulge .
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