Example sentences of "[conj] hold [pron] at [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Surely this is the moment when the strong west should be able to offer a hand of assistance to those countries , rather than holding them at arm 's length while it completes its own internal workings .
2 ‘ Whatever is it ? ’ shrieked the old lady , shaking her loose and holding her at arm 's length .
3 Four kids jumped in the cab , and held me at gun point for three whole hours . ’
4 And then she abruptly pulled away and held him at arm 's length .
5 Crown counsel said the Belfast men bound and gagged Sarah Kennedy , her two young sons and a school-friend and held them at gunpoint in the house at My Lady 's Mile , Holywood , on November 27 , 1991 .
6 He took the gun out of his pocket and held it at waist-level .
7 The man brought out a photograph and held it at arm 's length , walking toward them .
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