Example sentences of "[pers pn] hold [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I held up the intact bottle of rice wine I 'd finally recovered from the depths of my parka . |
| 2 | She holds up the American education system as an answer to the supposed link between language and class mobility . |
| 3 | ‘ Look here , you hold down a difficult and sensitive job . |
| 4 | She held up a pacifying hand to the affronted CO . |
| 5 | She held up a contraceptive sheath . |
| 6 | She held up a wizened hand . |
| 7 | She held up a heavy necklace of cabochon rubies intertwined with emeralds and pearls . |
| 8 | She held out a bil form . |
| 9 | She held out a podgy hand . |
| 10 | She held out a twisted hand and I stepped forward to shake it lightly . |
| 11 | She held out a bare leg , and certainly the ankle was misshapen and much swollen . |
| 12 | She held out a languid hand , which Jonadab seized and pumped up and down . |
| 13 | " Open this , " delightedly she held out a different bottle and a corkscrew . |
| 14 | She held out a thin hand covered with huge , glittering rings that were loose on her fingers and said , ‘ Come and sit here , pretty child . |
| 15 | She held out the first page of the manuscript file for him to read . |
| 16 | They held up the bright new diesel buses and , even worse , blocked the progress of private motorists in bulbous Austins and lumpen Humbers in canyon-like city thoroughfares . |
| 17 | The socialist government feared a loss of government to the C.N.T. unless they held out a revolutionary future to the social masses . |
| 18 | He holds up a wooden multi-coloured fish . |
| 19 | Tonight he holds back the ill-concealed shudders and caresses the swelling head , he bends and kisses the skin exposed . |
| 20 | He holds out a sunburned arm . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He held up a podgy hand . |
| 23 | He held up a battered , leather bag tied at the neck and stained with watery dark marks around the base . |
| 24 | He held up a pacifying hand as he saw the other prepare for battle . |
| 25 | Suddenly , he held up a wondrous ring upon his finger , and vanished from sight . |
| 26 | He held up an open hand in salute . |
| 27 | He held up the second finger . |
| 28 | Again he mirrored her meanings back , and he held up the distorted black lumps that were her errors of syntax . |
| 29 | In a footnote he held up the Greek Doric style as the model for a reformed modern architecture . |
| 30 | He held up the soft peach wool jacket that Kate intended to wear , but there was a sudden rueful expression on his face as he met her eyes again . |