Example sentences of "hold it out [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | A teenage girl gets on the bus , then , as if she 's just remembered , takes out a comic story magazine and holds it out of the window . |
2 | ‘ The cow is there ’ , said Ansell , lighting a match and holding it out over the carpet . |
3 | I said , holding it out on the palm of my hand . |
4 | She took the pendant from her pocket and crouched down , holding it out to the boy . |
5 | Picking up the long gun , Doyle ran his finger along the barrel and then held it out to the Hare-woman . |
6 | He plucked a heavy silver ring from the middle finger of his left hand , tugging it over the knuckle impetuously , and held it out across the table in his palm . |
7 | He held it out in the servant 's direction and let it go . |
8 | Then from his own pocket he drew another , rather the same but very much shinier , and held it out in the palm of his hand . |