Example sentences of "he held a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He held a knife to her throat , sexually assaulted her and dragged her outside to the garden where she was forced to perform obscene acts . |
| 2 | He held a similar position at Tamla Motown before becoming the head of press at EMI Records . |
| 3 | He held a copy of Milton 's works in his hands , but whenever he quoted from the poet he held the book aloft , like the Gospel at High Mass , sometimes going so far as to wave it to and fro behind his head as he chanted out the words . |
| 4 | After delivering his message of support to the organic movement at Cirencester , he held a seminar at Kensington Palace to air the issues , and he and John Higgs subsequently went down to Elm Farm to investigate the possibilities of employing organic methods on the home farm . |
| 5 | Two days after the fire in which the Johnsons choked to death from fumes he held a party . |
| 6 | He held a chair in physics from 1937 until his retirement publishing more than 150 papers on atomic and nuclear physics . |
| 7 | He painted this picture of his father-in-law : ‘ Over his kindred he held a wary and chary care , which bountifully was expressed when occasion so required , reputing himself not only principal of the family but a general father to them all … as for frank , well ordered and continual hospitality he outwent all show of competence ; spare but discreet of speech : better conceiving than delivering ; equally stout and kind , not upon lightness of humour , but upon soundness of judgement : inclined to commiseration , ready to relieve . ’ |
| 8 | He held a metal cup in his teeth , which were perfect in his bearded face and glittered as brilliantly as his big , dark eyes under the street lamps . |
| 9 | He held a press conference at the airport and was asked what he intended to do in Vienna . |
| 10 | Carloman , however had been born after Pepin had been crowned king in his own right and so considered that he held a superior claim to kingship . |
| 11 | Once there he held a much-publicised news conference during which he ridiculed American intelligence and claimed he had been held in captivity by the CIA . |
| 12 | After the Labour victory of October 1964 , he held a ministerial post under the ebullient George Brown at the newly created Department of Economic Affairs until his abrupt transfer to Education and Science at the beginning of 1964 . |
| 13 | He held a common purse with his disciples , and he allowed Judas , who was to betray him , to hold it for him . |
| 14 | He held a high-powered pair of night-glasses pressed close to his eyes . |
| 15 | He held a secret dinner at Locket 's restaurant in Westminster for several influential permanent secretaries , including Sir Robert Armstrong . |
| 16 | He was a man twenty years older than most of us who , though he held a junior rank and had no real ties with the service , had obtained considerable influence with the senior officers in the camp . |
| 17 | He held a newly-made fish cake in his two hands like a cricket ball he had just caught . |
| 18 | The timing of another action by Bukharin should be noted : on 11 July he held a secret meeting with Kamenev to propose an alliance between the Left and Right groups against Stalin . |
| 19 | The candlelight reflected on his gold wristwatch as he held a lighter to the cigarette of one of the women . |
| 20 | In his hand , he held a knife . |
| 21 | He held a large black wooden paint-box on his lap . |
| 22 | The pilot 's licence and log-book showed that he held a valid medical certificate but his last recorded Certificate of Experience ( valid for thirteen months ) had been signed in March 1986 . |
| 23 | He held a shotgun at Mr Lamb 's throat and when he wheeled around and took aim at the shop 's owner , Mr Lamb grabbed a pistol from under the counter and fired once . |
| 24 | In one hand he held a sack , in the other what might have been metal traps , or not that at all but some kind of implement . |
| 25 | By the thin moonlight that filtered in through the frosted glass on the front door , Liz could see that he held a silenced gun , and that its calibre was high . |
| 26 | She saw now that he held a clipboard . |
| 27 | He held a wire basket with a modest stack of provisions . |
| 28 | He held a praelectorship in philosophy ( 1745 ) and in Rhetoric ( 1746 ) ; but his Cambridge duties were not too onerous . |
| 29 | But he held a strong attraction for the the Duchess — and by now she was totally out of the Palace 's control . |
| 30 | There was a clean notepad lying on the desk before Captain Maestrangelo , and he held a pen in his hand but he made no notes . |