Example sentences of "[pron] hold up a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I held up a bottle of Long John that I had brought from Helsinki . |
| 2 | Yeah I I held up a traffic jam of about sixty cars doing that . |
| 3 | She stopped as I held up a finger . |
| 4 | I held up a hand to shield my eyes . |
| 5 | Now listen , ’ I held up a hand as he was about to burst into song again , ‘ you got a friend at the Regal Arms ? ’ |
| 6 | I held up a hand . |
| 7 | I held up a hand . |
| 8 | I held up a hand . |
| 9 | She holds up a sepia portrait of a turn of the century belle in a high-necked Russian blouse , standing before the backdrop of a painted Arcadia , with balustrades and beckoning groves . |
| 10 | She holds up a Waitrose bag . |
| 11 | Now you hold up a minute , Muvver . ’ |
| 12 | I thought if you hold up a box of Roses chocolates , grin at it and say , ‘ Mmm … great chocolates ! ’ everybody quite correctly will despise you . |
| 13 | ‘ Please , ’ she held up a hand . |
| 14 | Police are hunting raiders who held up a lorry driver at gun-point . |
| 15 | Absolutely , and you will find when we look on the video the number of people who held up a piece of paper if you hold things up and I 'm holding this now because I 'm about to write but if if you stand here and hold a piece of paper then it 's very difficult to make symmetrical palm gestures , open palm gestures . |
| 16 | Judge Lee spoke out at Hereford Crown Court as he took pity on jobless Robert Ward , 20 , who held up a solicitor 's office in Ross-on-Wye . |
| 17 | He holds up a stick for all to see . |
| 18 | He holds up a cricket bat . |
| 19 | ‘ But this girl , this woman , she 's a woman , Laura , when we make love she puts her ’ — he holds up a finger — ‘ straight up my asshole . |
| 20 | When he held up a bottle and two glasses , she felt a strong desire to go into hysterics . |
| 21 | Armed with a loaded airgun , two smoke bombs and a knife , he held up a building society to provide her with a nest-egg . |
| 22 | He held up a stern denying hand . |
| 23 | And he cried do you think she would need a worm and he held up a worm , but he came and put this poisoned worm in the mole , you know that 's what they did , they had er mole er worms that had doped with poison , you see and then they dropped them in the hole and that was the end of the mole . |
| 24 | He held up a cowl hood . |
| 25 | He held up a finger . |
| 26 | He held up a manila envelope . |
| 27 | But — ’ he held up a hand to stop me interrupting — ‘ let's take it slowly . |
| 28 | He held up a hand when Graham reached for his wallet . |
| 29 | He held up a hand to silence the protest she was about to make . |
| 30 | Parin listened for a moment longer , and then he held up a hand . |