Example sentences of "[pers pn] hold it [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holding her breath , she forced her nails through the softer stem below its blossom she held it with delight and relief at the sight of the still clinging butterfly . |
| 2 | Kath vowed , and , snatching up a stitch-cutter , she held it in front of her . |
| 3 | Following a very rough crossing from Portsmouth during which I slept very little it dawned on me that we were on our own in a Renault van which was half a ton overweight , had a top speed of 60 mph , an up-hill speed of 40 mph provided you had a run at it , jumped out of fourth gear unless you held it in position and we had 1850 miles to go ! |
| 4 | we held it after prep , so we 've organised another one for tomorrow lunch time and erm and lot more people express interest because of that , we have n't actually got any letters yet . |
| 5 | What he can do is to say that the legal owner can not in conscience , in equity , make use of his Common Law right for his own benefit ; he must use it for the benefit of the man for whom he holds it in trust . |
| 6 | Well it holding it in pawn , waiting for somebody to ask him to have a drink , and invariably somebody would but if they did ask him they 'd always ask him back next time you know if they could n't do it this time . |
| 7 | When he took Nicandra 's plate away he held it for Maman to see , hoping perhaps that a little annoyance might irritate her back to liveliness . |
| 8 | Where , in competition with the liquidator of an insolvent company , a creditor of the company was successful in obtaining a renewal of the certificate ( though he had neither right to , nor possession of , the premises in respect of which the certificate was granted ) and admitted that he held it in trust for the company 's creditors , he was ordered to deliver up the certificate to the liquidator : Wm . |
| 9 | His own temper rose , but he held it in check . |