Example sentences of "hold up [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ Holds up an idealised portrait of Jesus with blond hair and blue eyes . ] |
| 2 | She holds up the American education system as an answer to the supposed link between language and class mobility . |
| 3 | To test the monitor , hold up a plain sheet of paper next to the screen . |
| 4 | ‘ go around and hold up the northern half of this wood . |
| 5 | Iraq , January 25 : Relatives hold up an Iraqi child injured in Allied Bombing raids on Baghdad . |
| 6 | Dot waited quietly till Gloria emerged from the jostling crowd holding up a fawn coat , triumphant like the A.R.P . |
| 7 | ‘ Please , ’ he said , holding up a trembling hand , ‘ do n't speak that name in this house . ’ |
| 8 | Every nerve in her body was taut , stretched to breaking-point ; gently he took something from her hair , holding up a small twig for her to see . |
| 9 | ‘ Look , ’ said Camille , holding up a Chanel-type handbag with a brass chain , ‘ you just might forget your make-up , but you would n't forget this . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 've got my sandwiches ’ he said holding up a soggy parcel . |
| 11 | A small Portuguese man with ringworm scars on his scalp was holding up a huge pair of trousers in despair ; I went over , took his trousers and shirt , told him that mine would fit him perfectly , and changed into his . |
| 12 | ‘ A bird , ’ she said to Melanie , holding up a grey lump . |
| 13 | The second consideration is that batching implies holding up the first enquiries to be received . |
| 14 | If only the clothes had been plainer and more suitable for the vicar 's wife of such a poor parish , ’ Sophia lamented , holding up the lame cocktail dress whose belt Faustina had now taken out into the hall . |
| 15 | A sleeping pope , in an elaborately curtained bedchamber , attired in the red mantle and the tiara , witnesses the bare-footed Francis , clad in a rough brown garment , holding up the tremendous weight of a marble-pillared church , decorated with a Cosmati frieze and surmounted by a tower of five storeys . |
| 16 | With its Georgian frontage and those imposing pillars holding up the front porch , it still looked impressive . |
| 17 | ‘ But I only bought it last year , ’ he insisted , holding up the ancient object . |
| 18 | The wrangle over airline stakes has already forced British Airways to rethink its plans , and the much wider argument over farm policies is still holding up the long-delayed Uruguay round of GATT talks on the further liberalisation of international trade . |
| 19 | The horses were reined in and a man-at-arms plunged into the stream , presently triumphantly holding up the dripping book , which was returned to the anxious Queen . |
| 20 | ‘ What 's holding up the cashless society ? ’ asked New Scientist on its front cover , signalling a feature on the electronic possibilities in paying for goods and services . |
| 21 | Jamie shouted above the noise , holding up the empty carafe , but before Loretta could answer , a waiter showed two more people to their table . |
| 22 | I run between the concrete pillars holding up the elevated railway , on to the steep stairs . |
| 23 | I thought the great central arch of two tree trunks looked like our Blessed Lord 's arms holding up the whole Church . |
| 24 | Come on , now , quickly , you 're holding up the whole party . ’ |
| 25 | One day Harry comes into the office silently holding up an advance copy of one of the professional journals . |
| 26 | The Scots say they can only be driven away by holding up an open Bible in their face . |
| 27 | Teachers should be aware , particularly of that aspect , I think , because phonic method is very often used in schools , by which I mean that the teacher wil hold up a flash card , and on it would be a pair of letters , say , suppose for example sh the teacher will hold up a large card with sh on it and will say to the class ‘ this is shuss ’ and the children will all say shuss whenever this card is held up — that 's fine , but the dyslexic pupil may not be seeing sh in the same way that the other children are . |
| 28 | Most commonly , mura-muras are asked to send rain , for it is well known that if one is offended he will hold up a huge bark dish to the heavens and catch all the rain on its way to earth , out of spite . |
| 29 | As the Allies had discovered in all their abortive offensives , however wide the front might be there would always be a devilish machine gun on a flank that could hold up a whole division ; broaden the front to eliminate that machine gun , and inevitably there would be yet another on the new flank . |
| 30 | However , the likelihood is that processing and seeking will be entirely overlapped so this will not hold up the overall run very seriously . |