Example sentences of "hold [pron] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an unconditional appropriation when the goods are identified and the third person acknowledges that he now holds them for the buyer , Wardars ( Import & exports ) v. W. Norwood ( 1968 C.A. ) . |
| 2 | The shears are a Y that wants to be an X — he holds them like a water diviner , |
| 3 | He holds me like the devil himself . |
| 4 | I want to get summat else to play with and I try and get up , but Peter holds me by the arm . |
| 5 | he holds himself on the sofa |
| 6 | He holds you by the voice of his demands , |
| 7 | If the child says , ‘ I dislike Auntie Kate ’ but seeks her company , holds her by the hand when they go out for a walk , and so on , we would conclude that he has not understood the word dislike . |
| 8 | Even when he waves a noose , he holds it with a velvet glove . |
| 9 | A smith uses a hammer very differently to most tradesmen , never holds it at the bottom of the shaft , for the resulting whip means that power is lost so they always clench the tool near the head . |
| 10 | Sometimes he walking round with his marking book and he holds it at an angle you know so you can see all the answers . |
| 11 | ‘ Who holds it for the Empress ? ’ |
| 12 | He hands me the silver tube , lights a match and holds it under the foil while I suck in and follow the smoke . |
| 13 | The water soaks into the ground and becomes sucked in to a sandstone strata , which holds it like a sponge under the city . |
| 14 | The findings of the male researchers , she claims , are dogged by what she calls the problem of women ‘ whose sexuality remains more diffuse , whose perception of self is so much more tenaciously embedded in relationships with others and whose moral dilemmas hold them in a mode of judgment that is insistently contextual ’ . |
| 15 | You hold them in the middle like that so you , it 's strong . |
| 16 | Tea parties are wonderful fun — especially if you hold them in the garden on a hot day . |
| 17 | Now she knew how to tease and tantalise her , hold her on the brim of honeydew euphoria then flood her wordless yearning with a Niagara of delirium . |
| 18 | Hold it to the light , with the eye pointing up and down , and you should observe that the thickness of the shaft is scalloped away by 50% just above the eye on the rear face . |
| 19 | Think yourself into it and hold it for a while . |
| 20 | The Scots word ‘ gillie ’ , referring to a stable-boy whose job it is to settle a pony and hold it for a child to ride , is derived from the fey and solitary ghillie dhu . |
| 21 | While running , Brownies must not drop the egg or hold it on the spoon with their fingers . |
| 22 | I know , to shun , you hold it as a Rule , |
| 23 | Brush hair back and hold it into a ponytail , twist the hair as tight as possible , then hold the whole section upwards , tuck the end under and secure firmly with lots of grips . |
| 24 | Hold it in the air . |
| 25 | To meet these demands , Daintyfit make use of the most recent developments in fabric technology such as ‘ coolmax ’ , which is used in its sports bras to draw moisture from the skin and hold it within the fabric . |
| 26 | To save draining the cistern , make a bung from polyethylene sheeting and cloth and hold it against the outlet . |
| 27 | As soon as you can see that the embryo is unharmed , do n't touch it ( keep it virgin clean or you may infect it ) , but hold it by the handle and ease the shield shape into the T-shaped cut . |
| 28 | A self-confessed killer who could , even on the brink of her own destruction , still hold us with a threat . |
| 29 | gave it to Tim and Tim holded it in the right he put it on the floor and Ian pricked him . |
| 30 | Aye you know , holding them on the plank and th passing them to the But the the men that were stowing them , they were regular men on the They knew how to do it see . |