Example sentences of "[coord] held [pron] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pretended to find a smudge on the glasses , rinsed them , dried them and held them up to the light . |
| 2 | SCRIBBLED swear words on pillows and held them up to the cabin crew members demonstrating emergency procedures . |
| 3 | He drew out a sturdy transparent plastic inner bag and held it up to the light to show me the contents . |
| 4 | Miss Harker looked at it with distaste as if it were a species of repellent insect wriggling on a pin , then took it carefully between her finger and thumb and held it up to the light of the candle . |
| 5 | The photographer pulled his roll of film from the camera and held it up to the light . |
| 6 | The white-robed man took the torch from the girl and held it up to the people . |
| 7 | He picked up one of the envelopes and held it up to the light : the watermark showed the heraldic hybrid with which he was becoming familiar , with the wings of an eagle and the body of a lion . |