Example sentences of "[noun pl] held [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the long-suffering elder , which always looks beautiful , graceful , however much you cut it , with its lacy plates held out to the sun . |
| 2 | Lounge Bar , Cafe — Concerts and discos held regularly throughout the summer season . |
| 3 | The Swimathon is a national event with swims held all around the country . |
| 4 | A ghostly pale grey shape rises from the woodland edge , fingered wings held typically in the shallow V : a male hen harrier . |
| 5 | When they saw Frick , whom they had been told to expect , the Sturmabteilungen snapped to attention , their arms held out in the traditional Nazi salute . |
| 6 | Although women were in practice doing exactly the same work as certain categories of men , they too perceived the division of labour as a gender division , and took as their point of reference for equality the " all-round comp " , whom both masters and men held up as the exemplar , rather than the humbler linesman . |
| 7 | The amount of these entitlements has been actuarially assessed and is fully funded by assets held independently of the Group . |
| 8 | Striking spikes of yellow antirrhinum-like flowers held well above the water . |
| 9 | In no time at all Travis had a good fire going , and the heat from it drew her to her knees beside it , hands held out to the warmth . |
| 10 | • Fins held close to the body |
| 11 | Handsome glaucous foliage and erect narrow spikes of white and yellow blooms held just above the water . |
| 12 | A loose net was fixed between the prongs of the ‘ Y ’ and thus , with the open prongs held firmly in the bed of the river , the fishermen would wait quietly for the fish to run into his net . |
| 13 | Customs sources say that raves held just over the border are attracting hundreds of teenagers from all over Ulster — and drug dealers . |
| 14 | So many times held up at the Falcon Gate , so many times made to open his briefcase and his empty sandwich box and turn his empty coffee flask upside down when he was anxious to get home , so many times subjected to their questions when he was going about his business visiting other corners of the Establishment . |
| 15 | A handful of snipers held out to the last , and received no quarter . |
| 16 | Charles swept the land twice with his armies , burning and killing wherever he could find victims , but the Saxons held out in the impenetrable forests and marshes , closing in behind the Frankish military movements . |