Example sentences of "hold it [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when he waves a noose , he holds it with a velvet glove . |
| 2 | A smith uses a hammer very differently to most tradesmen , never holds it at the bottom of the shaft , for the resulting whip means that power is lost so they always clench the tool near the head . |
| 3 | Sometimes he walking round with his marking book and he holds it at an angle you know so you can see all the answers . |
| 4 | ‘ Who holds it for the Empress ? ’ |
| 5 | He hands me the silver tube , lights a match and holds it under the foil while I suck in and follow the smoke . |
| 6 | The water soaks into the ground and becomes sucked in to a sandstone strata , which holds it like a sponge under the city . |
| 7 | Hold it to the light , with the eye pointing up and down , and you should observe that the thickness of the shaft is scalloped away by 50% just above the eye on the rear face . |
| 8 | Think yourself into it and hold it for a while . |
| 9 | The Scots word ‘ gillie ’ , referring to a stable-boy whose job it is to settle a pony and hold it for a child to ride , is derived from the fey and solitary ghillie dhu . |
| 10 | While running , Brownies must not drop the egg or hold it on the spoon with their fingers . |
| 11 | I know , to shun , you hold it as a Rule , |
| 12 | Brush hair back and hold it into a ponytail , twist the hair as tight as possible , then hold the whole section upwards , tuck the end under and secure firmly with lots of grips . |
| 13 | Hold it in the air . |
| 14 | To meet these demands , Daintyfit make use of the most recent developments in fabric technology such as ‘ coolmax ’ , which is used in its sports bras to draw moisture from the skin and hold it within the fabric . |
| 15 | To save draining the cistern , make a bung from polyethylene sheeting and cloth and hold it against the outlet . |
| 16 | As soon as you can see that the embryo is unharmed , do n't touch it ( keep it virgin clean or you may infect it ) , but hold it by the handle and ease the shield shape into the T-shaped cut . |
| 17 | gave it to Tim and Tim holded it in the right he put it on the floor and Ian pricked him . |
| 18 | I 've left it with two screws holding it at the moment . |
| 19 | She took the boxed flower and then , after holding it for a moment and wondering what to do with it , laid it down alongside her place setting . |
| 20 | It would not allow it to be enforced against the promisor ; and if property had been transferred , the recipient was treated as holding it for the benefit of the person who had parted with it , and as bound to restore it . |
| 21 | Again , a person who acquires property for his own benefit by taking advantage of his position as trustee will be treated as holding it for the benefit of those entitled under the trust . |
| 22 | ‘ Have you ever tried a cold egg-and-breadcrumbed veal cutlet eaten in the fingers — holding it by the bone of course ? ’ |
| 23 | Michael ran up to the attic and took the helmet off the chest , holding it by the strap . |
| 24 | He was holding it by the bridle a minute or two later . |
| 25 | Then in 1650 Vane was voted out of the position and Hutchinson succeeded him , holding it from the beginning of 1651 until the Restoration . |
| 26 | Now suppose that the electron 's mass is increased 207 times ( so that it is like a muon ) while it remains subject to the same attractive force holding it around the proton . |
| 27 | One was slung over my shoulder one had got sort of between two limbs I suspect , holding it round the back like that , and another one was over a protrusion that just seemed handy to hold the lot , and as I walked down the street of course suddenly everybody was glancing at me and I realized what I appeared to be doing . |
| 28 | She clutched her school satchel more closely to her , holding it like a shield against the elements . |
| 29 | The demands made by the rebels provide the clearest guide to their grievances , and according to the Anonimalle Chronicle those put forward by the Essex men at Mile End on 14 June were that they should be allowed to seize and punish traitors , and that no man should be made a serf nor do homage or any type of service to a lord in return for land ; instead they should hold it at a rent of 4d. an acre . |
| 30 | just a minute , I ca n't hold it at the moment Tim ! |