Example sentences of "held [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood for a moment , gun held loosely at waist level , trying to get his bearings . |
| 2 | Cranston had already dismissed the poem , but when he read the indenture he sat at the foot of the bed stupefied , the parchment held loosely between his fingers . |
| 3 | The fat man grinned , pistol held loosely in his lap . |
| 4 | An hour of easy plodding over the glacier found us on a hideously loose moraine which we climbed precariously , balancing on huge boulders held loosely in a matrix of soft cement . |
| 5 | He was down on his haunches , looking comfortable and wearing a slight smile , the gun held loosely in his right hand . |
| 6 | The Doctor hurried along the tunnel , Ace 's blaster held loosely in one hand , a little black box in the other . |
| 7 | Herrick returned to the central desk and was busy a moment at the keyboard , then he returned , a thin film of transparent card held delicately between the fingers of his left hand . |
| 8 | Kreig looked up , an ear held delicately in her hand like some alien flower . |
| 9 | At the smallest noise she held nervously to Moore 's arm . |
| 10 | Techniques for avoiding victimization have become a serious preoccupation : more locks on doors and windows , fewer visits after dark to family , friends , and places of entertainment , avoidance of underground and empty train carriages , mace sprays or personal alarm sirens held nervously in coat pockets , a growing unwillingness to be neighbourly or engage in local collective enterprises , furtive suspicious glances at any stranger , and attempts to avoid any encounter except with the most trusted and close friends . |
| 11 | In the end , they held on for the vital points , having gained five in their last three games to ensure safety . |
| 12 | St Albans held on for the rest of the match to win 2–1 and take the ladies ' title for the second time and make up for four previous final defeats by Mutineers . |
| 13 | His widow Margaret held on for another 45 years , beset on all sides by warring local landowners who claimed parts of the island , as its boundaries grew ever-closer to the Holderness mainland . |
| 14 | They last won the trophy in 1989 at Dagenham , when they held on for 13 memorable minutes to beat Grays 3–2 and in 1986 the Clarets beat Billericay 3–0 in a two-legged final . |
| 15 | It seemed that the Bangor girl had timed her late surge to perfection , but Martin held on for the closest of wins . |
| 16 | Abingdon held on for a deserved victory however , in one of the best games this reporter has seen this season . |
| 17 | In the event , by the intervention of the umpire , Norrish was given enough room after two minutes to grasp the stream and she held on to her advantage with great skill until Oxford were clear and the race was won . |
| 18 | He hit a single that brought two runners home , and San Francisco held on to win 3-2 and take the National League title 4-1 . |
| 19 | I held on to her and called for help . ’ |
| 20 | Iro squandered a couple of chances close to the line at the start of the second half , but held on to Clark 's pass to make room for Edwards to score in the 50th minute , Phil Bancroft adding a touchline goal off the post . |
| 21 | In 1988 he crushed a vain attempt to challenge his leadership by the veteran Tony Benn , with an 8 to 1 majority , while Roy Hattersley comfortably held on to the deputy leadership . |
| 22 | Vauxhall held on to second spot with 21,679 sales ( down 6994 ) . |
| 23 | She held on to her mother , clawing at the lapels of her coat . |
| 24 | IMRAN KHAN became the fifth player in Test history to take 350 wickets — joining Richard Hadlee , Ian Botham , Dennis Lillee and Kapil Dev — when he held on to a fine one-handed return catch to dismiss Ravi Shastri yesterday as India lost their last seven wickets for 143 on the second day of the fourth and final Test in Sialkot . |
| 25 | The Hungerfords of Farleigh Hungerford , the all-powerful local family in medieval times , bought Iford , which was then a mill , in 1369 and held on to it for four centuries . |
| 26 | McLeish held on to his temper , reminding himself that he was very tired . |
| 27 | In a Los Angeles Times poll in mid-December people were asked what policy they would support if Iraq pulled out of most of Kuwait but held on to an oilfield and some other land . |
| 28 | Nomura held on to top spot in the annual Eurobond underwriting rankings while other Japanese firms slipped ; Yamaichi dropped to tenth while London 's CSFB shot up to second place . |
| 29 | He held on to his love of unregimented activity in the open air , away from encroaching London suburbia , and he cherished a sense of belonging to another country — Cambria or Gwalia , Glamorgan or Gwent — in addition to the still strange city he was slowly beginning to explore along both banks of the Thames . |
| 30 | Lee held on to Caspar who was pulling , while Philip bolted the door , forcing it , and picked up the torch that Lee had dropped . |