Example sentences of "which [pers pn] hold [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had sat opposite each other in a compartment crowded with Able Seamen , he watching the darkening fields flying outside the window and Bunny staring down at a single sheet of notepaper , pale blue in colour , which he held on his jigging knee and from whose fold poked a sprig of crab apple in bloom . |
| 2 | I stared at him because he sounded so cold , but he was sitting looking down at the glass which he held on his knees and I could n't see his face . |
| 3 | Her eyes travelled from his face down to the mug which he held in his two hands . |
| 4 | For , as with the apple tree leaves , Johnny could see only those things from her world which he held within his hands . |
| 5 | In 1929 he won his Woodvale seat which he held until his death in 1949 . |
| 6 | He returned to the Commons in 1959 as MP for Grimsby , a seat which he held until his death . |
| 7 | Perhaps it was then , rather than in 1290 as often supposed , that the priory presented him to the rectory of North Marston ( Buckinghamshire ) , where his cult was to develop , and which he held until his death . |
| 8 | Lapworth 's extraordinary achievements led to his appointment in 1881 to the new chair of geology at Mason College , later the University of Birmingham , which he held until his retirement in 1913 . |
| 9 | In 1982 he was appointed a Vice-Chairman of the State Council , a position which he held until his death . |
| 10 | After Vézeronce Godomar took power in Burgundy , which he held until his overthrow in 534 . |