Example sentences of "hold up [art] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She , too , holds up the spoon and tries to tempt me . |
| 2 | Napoleon Bonaparte , Metternich , Napoleon III and Vittorio Emanuele II all visited the house , and each must have been impressed by the colossal Ionic columns that hold up the façade and hem in the doorway . |
| 3 | Anything which makes rigging and de-rigging more difficult increases the risk of someone getting tired of holding up a wing-tip and so letting it droop or even drop . |
| 4 | And beside him , an elderly priest in a black soutane was also holding up a thumb and laughing as though he were taking part in a particularly outrageous joke . |
| 5 | One of the New Forum posters shows a well-drawn man addressing a largely faceless crowd , one of whom is holding up a placard that reads ‘ Keep it short ’ . |
| 6 | Alexandra cried , ‘ Oh Aunt Emily — ’ but her great aunt lay back on her pillows with finality , holding up a hand and closing her eyes . |
| 7 | It 's in what was obviously quite a nice terrace at one time , early Victorian or something , with big fat columns holding up the porches and railings on the street and steps leading to the basement . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's your brother , ’ he said , holding up the phone so she could see that he was pressing the mute button . |
| 9 | ‘ You were holding up the kiosk when I got off the train , were n't you ? ’ |
| 10 | She was holding up an oil-lamp and peering out . |
| 11 | ‘ Could you just hold up the bidding while my boys settle with the opposition ? ’ |
| 12 | He asked Ranulf to hold up a candle and carefully examined the inscription on the faded , leather collar : ‘ Noli me tangere ’ . |
| 13 | The books were at the auditors and I did n't want to hold up the minutes and , as you 'd all mostly seen them anyway , I felt that perhaps I could let them go . |
| 14 | A stake is there to hold up the tree and not , as is so often seen , the other way round . |
| 15 | There were no stray leaves on the line to hold up the train and service in the first class was near-faultless . |
| 16 | All you had to do was to hold up the negotiations until I got desperate and then bully me into authorizing the Japanese deal on the pretext of raising money to pay for my release ! |
| 17 | The court heard that the two , armed and masked , had held up a courier as he was about to deposit a bag containing computer data sheets into a TSB night safe on the Belmont Road . |
| 18 | When he held up a bottle and two glasses , she felt a strong desire to go into hysterics . |
| 19 | Now listen , ’ I held up a hand as he was about to burst into song again , ‘ you got a friend at the Regal Arms ? ’ |
| 20 | He held up a hand as Aycliffe pursed his lips . |
| 21 | He held up a hand as Theda opened her mouth to protest . |
| 22 | He held up a hand when Graham reached for his wallet . |
| 23 | Woolley held up a bullet and showed it to the armourer . |
| 24 | In January an armoured car of the type that had proved so useful to Trotsky 's campaign blocked the Tashkent-Moscow line and held up a locomotive that had been seized by an armed gang . |
| 25 | One held up a Bible and a rosary , but none spoke until an older man , their commanding officer , strode up with an outstretched hand which I shook without enthusiasm . |
| 26 | I held up the lamp and turned the picture round to see if there was anything written on the back . |
| 27 | She looked very young and pretty as she held up the teapot and Francis Morgan hesitated , then sat down , heavily , and seized two biscuits . |
| 28 | He held up the tent-flap that led to the theatre . |
| 29 | She held up the candle and began to descend the stairs . |
| 30 | I held up the light and looked in every corner of the room . |