Example sentences of "hold it [prep] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 For example , an investor could buy a ten-year bond , hold it for one year and receive the coupon , and then sell it for the current price of a nine-year bond with the same coupon .
2 Suppose also that an investor intends to buy the share , hold it for one year and then sell it at the end of the year .
3 if you hold it in one hand .
4 Doyle seemed wary and the Woman had started to fidget with her long tail of hair , holding it in one hand and drawing it through the fingers of the other .
5 She held it with one hand while the other went to her throat , as Nellie 's face appeared at the door .
6 She rested the child she was carrying on the parapet , the child being asleep , and held it with one hand as she used the other to search at her breast purse for her money .
7 Kirov held it by one comer , wiped it with his sleeve , and dropped it into the post box .
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