Example sentences of "hold his [noun] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Isay pushed Riven aside and stood holding his staff at the ready as his countrymen approached . |
| 2 | On the other side of the double row of barbed wire a guard was standing still holding his rifle at the ready . |
| 3 | Jacques Devraux followed them , holding his rifle at the ready until he was certain the big animal was dead . |
| 4 | Nothing of her true nature , not even — and here Pavel had been holding his breath at the back of the Border Control 's interrogation room — where she 'd been living for the past two years . |
| 5 | He glides downwards , vertiginously , holding his breath at the emptiness beneath him . |
| 6 | I said to ‘ Hold his scutum at the top ’ , not ‘ Boil his scrotum in a pot ’ , silly goose ! |
| 7 | He would hold his room at the Palings while he went back to London . |
| 8 | The doctor held his finger at the base of his throat . |