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 .
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