Example sentences of "held up a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steve held up a hand interrupting her . |
| 2 | In January an armoured car of the type that had proved so useful to Trotsky 's campaign blocked the Tashkent-Moscow line and held up a locomotive that had been seized by an armed gang . |
| 3 | Bodo held up a warning finger . |
| 4 | She held up a pacifying hand to the affronted CO . |
| 5 | Biff held up a finger . |
| 6 | He held up a manila envelope . |
| 7 | She held up a pair of earrings , a composite of Benares Brass and delicate enamel . |
| 8 | Maggie held up a hand . |
| 9 | ‘ Her too , ’ the Norwegian said and the Japanese held up a small woven bag with a slash down its centre . |
| 10 | He held up a stern denying hand . |
| 11 | Suddenly , he held up a wondrous ring upon his finger , and vanished from sight . |
| 12 | The man smiled and held up a hand . |
| 13 | Sally held up a manicured hand . |
| 14 | The teacher held up a rectangular piece of paper . |
| 15 | The man held up a finger , as if he had remembered something very important . |
| 16 | Margaret held up a hand , her eyes twinkling with amusement . |
| 17 | It was simple in structure : three pillars at the front and three pillars at the back held up a flat stone ceiling . |
| 18 | She held up a heavy necklace of cabochon rubies intertwined with emeralds and pearls . |
| 19 | He held up a pair of shiny black patent shoes . |
| 20 | He held up a cowl hood . |
| 21 | A PENSIONER bandit held up a bank with a sawn-off shotgun before escaping on a bicycle yesterday . |
| 22 | A ROBBER wearing a Santa hat held up a bank with a sawn-off shotgun before escaping on a bicycle yesterday . |
| 23 | McIllvanney shrugged acceptance of my refusal , then held up a hand to stop me leaving . |
| 24 | Sister Annunciata caught the priest 's eye and held up a packet of tea , but he shook his head and pulled aside the blackout curtain at the foot of the circular staircase . |
| 25 | Martin Fleischmann , Fellow of the Royal Society of London , Britain 's most prestigious scientific society through whose halls had walked Isaac Newton and Ernest Rutherford , held up a fist-sized tube and said ‘ This experiment has to be approached with some caution . ’ |
| 26 | She was standing in the wings , leaning against a post that supported a wooden framework , which in turn held up a number of backcloths . |
| 27 | Judge Lee spoke out at Hereford Crown Court as he took pity on jobless Robert Ward , 20 , who held up a solicitor 's office in Ross-on-Wye . |
| 28 | Armed with a loaded airgun , two smoke bombs and a knife , he held up a building society to provide her with a nest-egg . |
| 29 | But — ’ he held up a hand to stop me interrupting — ‘ let's take it slowly . |
| 30 | The sergeant held up a dogeared copy of a disreputable magazine . |