Example sentences of "hold it [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Who holds it for the Empress ? ’ |
| 3 | He hands me the silver tube , lights a match and holds it under the foil while I suck in and follow the smoke . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | While running , Brownies must not drop the egg or hold it on the spoon with their fingers . |
| 6 | Hold it in the air . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | To save draining the cistern , make a bung from polyethylene sheeting and cloth and hold it against the outlet . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | gave it to Tim and Tim holded it in the right he put it on the floor and Ian pricked him . |
| 11 | I 've left it with two screws holding it at the moment . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ Have you ever tried a cold egg-and-breadcrumbed veal cutlet eaten in the fingers — holding it by the bone of course ? ’ |
| 15 | Michael ran up to the attic and took the helmet off the chest , holding it by the strap . |
| 16 | He was holding it by the bridle a minute or two later . |
| 17 | Then in 1650 Vane was voted out of the position and Hutchinson succeeded him , holding it from the beginning of 1651 until the Restoration . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | just a minute , I ca n't hold it at the moment Tim ! |
| 21 | Tim , I ca n't hold it at the moment ! |
| 22 | In particular we find the cases of what are called ‘ uses ’ or trusts — transactions whereby a man legally transfers land to another , but with an understanding that the transferee will hold it for the benefit of the former , or for the benefit of those whom he will name in his will . |
| 23 | In flight , its little wings look as if they can barely hold it in the air . |
| 24 | Herluin might hold it against the boy that he had disgraced Ramsey not so much by attempting theft , but by making a botch of it , but Herluin had also been of the abbot 's party . |
| 25 | But Alexander could not hold it against the Edoni , local tribesmen , which may have given the Athenians the idea that they could move in and plant a colony ( 465 ) . |
| 26 | Its toes are strong enough to hold it on the bark , no matter which way it is facing and it hops about in all directions with sure-footed nimbleness . |
| 27 | These are the leather straps you put round the bird 's legs to hold it on the glove that you have to wear when you handle birds of prey . |
| 28 | Because there 's nothing to hold it on the plate , you see . ’ |
| 29 | He may be taught to hold it with the crook of the handle turned away from him , and his thumb over the top of the handle , so that he does not grip the stick too hard . |
| 30 | They were floundering chest-deep , and Riven went to Madra 's head , helping to hold it above the water . |