Example sentences of "and hold it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He hands me the silver tube , lights a match and holds it under the foil while I suck in and follow the smoke . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Think yourself into it and hold it for a while . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Frozen food storage cabinets are designed to accept pre-frozen food and hold it at the proper storage temperature — 18°C to -22°C . |
| 6 | I borrow the gun and hold it to the big guy 's head . |
| 7 | To save draining the cistern , make a bung from polyethylene sheeting and cloth and hold it against the outlet . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She had recovered the sheet , and held it as a baby might , with both hands . |
| 10 | He took the Skein of Geese matchbox from its pocket , lit one of the matches and held it to the envelope until the flame had caught . |
| 11 | Athelstan refilled the goblet and held it to the coroner 's lips . |
| 12 | She half opened her tight , thin mouth and held it on the verge of speaking . |
| 13 | Kelly returned his kiss and held it for a fraction longer than she should have . |
| 14 | Nick reached across the table , took her hand and held it for a moment . |
| 15 | She caught Stephen 's eye and held it for a second . |
| 16 | Lisa struck a pose of melodramatic fervour and held it for a few seconds before slumping back in her seat . |
| 17 | However , perhaps the National Deaf Club 's most distinguished member was Arthur James Wilson , who succeeded S. Bright Lucas to the presidency and held it for the rest of his life . |
| 18 | Two of the drovers took a strip of white cotton about 20 yards long and held it across the top of the quay , and it did for a fence . |
| 19 | Luch would light a length of heather stem , and carry it back carefully to Ruari , who touched the red tip to a handful of broken , dried puffball , and held it in a leather bellows bag in front of the busy entrance of one of the hives . |
| 20 | He took my hand and held it in a very un-Tellenorean way . |
| 21 | Sigarup picked up a piece of unlit jharo and held it in the fire until it was blazing and drips of flaming resin fell from it , spluttering to the ground . |
| 22 | Ratagan took it from her wordlessly and held it in the flames till it had caught . |
| 23 | He removed the medal and held it in the palm of his hand . |
| 24 | But after the convention , he launched his campaign with a spirited bus trip from New York to the Midwest and quickly ran up a daunting lead in the polls and held it until the campaign 's end . |