Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] hold [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Empress was in great beauty … the Emperor also looked very impressive , and when after the ceremony he held up the child in his arms to present him to the multitude , the enthusiasm was genuine and great . |
| 2 | And many films attacked the sort of conservative attitudes which held back the British war effort . |
| 3 | I cry , and I reach out and , lo and behold , I touch wood and I know that it 's one of the posts which hold up the catwalk . |
| 4 | Darwin himself held back the views he had already formed until 1859 . |
| 5 | It was almost concealed by the small columns which held up the campanile roof , merely a shinier darkness in the dark . |
| 6 | By contrast Marx and Engels saw the proletariat 's mission as breaking down the restrictions of capitalism which held back the full development of technology ; and they rejected as utopian any form of transition to socialism which was not brought about by a genuine ( and almost certainly violent ) social revolution . |
| 7 | Advice like ‘ it 's your age ’ or ‘ you 'll just have to learn to live with it ’ is beginning to wear thin and many people are seeking desperately for alternatives which hold out the promise of improved health . |
| 8 | Your obituary notice today , recording the death of Mary , Duchess of Buccleuch , says she will be remembered as an illustrious , aristocratic character who held up a Royal canopy . |
| 9 | Every once in a while he holds out a small portion of meat , which the Skeleton chews furiously and swallows , with the same lack of success as before . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In a footnote he held up the Greek Doric style as the model for a reformed modern architecture . |
| 12 | The Prince and Princess of Wales came to a lonely hilltop in South Korea to honour the 900 men of the Gloucestershire Regiment who held back the Chinese Army pouring across the Imjin River in January 1951 . |
| 13 | During a visit to Korea , he laid a wreath at a memorial to the men who held back the full might of the Chinese army at the battle of Imjin River . |
| 14 | ‘ But , as for these … ’ with a gesture of contempt she held up the copies of the agreement ‘ … there 's no way in the world I 'm going to sign these , so you can make a bonfire with them , if you like ! ’ |
| 15 | The ancient fords which hold up the water are dredged out , along with their water crowfoot . |
| 16 | Police are hunting raiders who held up a lorry driver at gun-point . |