Example sentences of "she [verb] hold the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried to hold the pen , but it zig-zagged all over the paper like that Planchette thing her father had used long ago . |
| 2 | Er she 'd held the girl in conversation at Mansfield er for quite a while and she 's listened to the tape and she 's convinced it 's the same girl . |
| 3 | Before supper she 'd held the bowl while Antoinette threw up . |
| 4 | She caused a few titters when she said she 'd held the court in the church for the convenience of all parties . |
| 5 | She had to hold the frame of the door . |
| 6 | She said she had held the document back for so long because she was afraid it would re-open old wounds for my mother and because she felt sure it was better for us not to know what it contained . ’ |
| 7 | Standing beside the rails at the junction at Pot'ma she had held the baby of an exhausted mother , and she had smiled at him . |
| 8 | Ever since she had held the baby she had found herself treating the doll in the same way . |