Example sentences of "[coord] hold [pers pn] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Whatever is it ? ’ shrieked the old lady , shaking her loose and holding her at arm 's length . |
2 | Four kids jumped in the cab , and held me at gun point for three whole hours . ’ |
3 | And then she abruptly pulled away and held him at arm 's length . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | He took the gun out of his pocket and held it at waist-level . |
6 | The man brought out a photograph and held it at arm 's length , walking toward them . |