Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] hold [adv] the " in BNC.
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1 | The direction and power of the smash is affected by when you hit the ball , what direction the ball 's already travelling , and how long you hold down the fire button ! |
2 | Thus he held together the two things which in the Enlightenment tended to fall apart , and to be defined in opposition to each other — faith against knowledge , revelation against reason . |
3 | Tonight he holds back the ill-concealed shudders and caresses the swelling head , he bends and kisses the skin exposed . |
4 | Puzzled at first , she turned every page , then she held up the book by its spine and let the pages flutter ; no sheet of paper fell out . |
5 | Silently she held out the journal . |
6 | Silently she held out the key . |
7 | ‘ See that ? ’ he said , and then he held up The Hook . |
8 | You know the open topped buses where they go round they hold up the traffic . |