Example sentences of "hold down [art] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 All you have to do is move the cross hair in the direction in which you want to shoot , hold down the shoot button to select the power of the stroke and then you tee off .
2 So everybody have document and hit shift F ten and they 're on page nine now if we go , hold down the alt key and type B and you 'll just see er a shimmer go down the screen an then you do n't actually see anything , but if you alt U , everything appears underlined alt K converts everything into small capitals alt S , strikes through everything and alt I italicizes all the words .
3 Strings secured to the timber edgings hold down the polythene cover .
4 If Caps Lock is on and you hold down the shift key , lower case letters are typed
5 Then , hold down the Shift key and move the cursor to the end of the block you want selected .
6 If you selected a word hold down the Shift key and click on the last word of the selection — similarly for paragraphs .
7 Just hold down the fire button to determine strength , and position the joystick as for a standard kick .
8 The direction and power of the smash is affected by when you hit the ball , what direction the ball 's already travelling , and how long you hold down the fire button !
9 After selecting number 2 into the current colour box , go to FUNCTION in the top menu bar and hold down the mouse button .
10 Stroking his brow , holding down a thrashing arm , holding Boy 's precious and sweating head in my two hands on the pillow and whispering to him , go on , push , push , breathe , push , breathe , that 's it , push , push , push .
11 In these examples I have deliberately included the C£s on the 9th fret E string and the 4th fret A string so that you can not play them while holding down a chord shape !
12 Likewise , control clicking ( holding down the CTRL key while you click ) allows you to select multiple items for processing and shift clicking highlights everything from the last highlighted item to the one your pointer is over as you shift click .
13 Eventually passed on Dec. 20 the budget increased public spending by 5.3 per cent to F1,217,700 million , while holding down the budget deficit to F90,000 million , a reduction of F10,000 million from 1989 [ see p. 36707 ] .
14 The outcome reflected Western endorsement of the government 's economic policies ( and in particular its measures to foster private-sector growth while holding down the budget deficit ) , notwithstanding the concerns about the continuing war with the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ) , and criticisms ( particularly from Canada ) of the government 's human rights record .
15 Move the mouse pointer to the top menu bar and select PATTERN by holding down the mouse button .
16 Move the magnified area up by holding down the mouse button on the up arrow and stop at row 39 .
17 Drag and Drop , a facility to move and copy text by selecting it and then holding down the mouse button , is now included .
18 By choosing one of the colours and holding down the shift key , you can then create your own colour , but rather than adding a new colour to the palette this replaces the original .
19 This is achieved by holding down the fire button until the meter below the energy bar reaches maximum , then releasing it at the right moment .
20 The government and five leading banks agreed on March 18 to cut interest rates by an average of 3 percentage points in an effort to hold down the exchange rate for the sol which had strengthened against the US dollar from the beginning of 1992 .
21 Mr Major resisted the temptation to leave some excise duties unchanged in order to hold down the inflation rate .
22 In other words , you should n't just hold down the chord shape and pick the notes out as they lie under your hand ; each double has its own fingering .
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