Example sentences of "hold they [prep] the [noun] " 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 You hold them in the middle like that so you , it 's strong .
3 Tea parties are wonderful fun — especially if you hold them in the garden on a hot day .
4 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 .
5 With a smooth swoop , he caught hold of both her hands and drew her arms up above her head , holding them on the pillows behind her , sliding his free hand beneath her hips , lifting her with one strong , determined movement to meet the invading male power of his body .
6 But still the horses would n't budge : they were fixed as if something was holding them to the road .
7 And you got the odd look but it was n't too severe because at least though they had no clothes on at least you were holding them by the waist .
8 There were thus good reasons for holding dollars but not for holding them in the USA .
9 On the way down on that stretch of road from death one to death two I call them , the roundabouts I suddenly realised if we were going to have a rehearsal we needed to have a bouquet of flowers did n't we so I leapt out of the car picked some weeds tied them up with a piece of strong so that the chap of our staff who was going to be in front of me was going to hold them during the rehearsal whilst I dashed up to play first of all the Lord Provost and then the Queen or the Lady Provost as she then was .
10 France will just about be able to hold them in the line-out if Roumat plays , but the so-called hard men in the pack do n't look that tough to me .
11 Earnestly , Oz scooped them out of the basket and held them towards the woman .
12 They were heavy and sparkled when she held them to the light , and she thought they were the most beautiful things she would ever own .
13 Reaching out , he took two of the scented sticks from the porcelain jar in front of him and held them in the thread of laser light until they lit .
14 The Black Prince supposedly granted the ferry rights in 1364 to his porter William Lenche who had lost an eye at Poitiers and later that century they passed to the borough , which held them until the opening of the Tamar Bridge .
15 Still watching me , he held them near the lamp until they caught fire .
16 ‘ As an actor , though you sometimes get a feeling you have done something well , you have to wait to hear — from an audience 's silence — whether you have held them in the palm of your hand ; you are constantly measuring whether the feeling you have inside is endorsed by the people outside .
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