Example sentences of "[noun prp] held [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The major significance of the Government 's changes is highlighted by the fact that , whereas SERPS held out the prospect of guaranteeing every pensioner an income above the supplementary pension level , no Government minister had felt able to give a similar guarantee for the Thatcher pension reform . |
| 2 | Travis held up the Thermos and Paige nodded , proffering her cup , cradling it in her hands a while to savour the warmth and aroma . |
| 3 | Doogie held up a finger . |
| 4 | Woolley held up a bullet and showed it to the armourer . |
| 5 | Nellie held out the frame . |
| 6 | Schellenberg held up a piece of paper which was actually some stationery from the hotel he 'd stayed at in Vienna the previous week . |
| 7 | Rex held up the crud 's wrist . |
| 8 | Captain Meredith held out a pair of white worsted stockings and some cracked leather shoes with tarnished buckles to Midnight . |
| 9 | Cornelius held up the object . |
| 10 | Loretta held up the tickets . |
| 11 | Katherine held back the tears with difficulty . |
| 12 | Maggie held up a hand . |
| 13 | Pete held out the clipboard . |
| 14 | Turner made to speak , but Curtis held up a hand to stop him . |
| 15 | He turned to Willi , but Willi held up a hand . |
| 16 | Duncan held up a photograph of a beautiful auburn-haired woman in her mid-thirties . |
| 17 | Bodo held up a warning finger . |
| 18 | As Meryl held out the plate of petits-fours laughingly to Lee , she knew that someone was standing by her shoulder . |
| 19 | Josie held out the key . |
| 20 | Mr Brooke held out the prospect after his Commons statement on Saturday 's IRA bombing of Musgrave Park Hospital in which two soldiers were killed and ll people injured . |
| 21 | He says : ‘ Troy held up a grocery store with a friend after the alleged killing and stole a packet of vanilla wafers and some milk . |
| 22 | ‘ Frank , for Christ 's sake … ’ he began , but Gregson held up a hand to silence him . |
| 23 | Oliver held up the bottom of the pocket with one hand , as he had seen the Dodger hold it , and pulled the handkerchief lightly out of it with the other . |
| 24 | Jed held out a hand as Creed approached . |
| 25 | When I checked in Who 's Who I found that Jenner held down a post for several years at David 's old university . |
| 26 | Vitor held out a hand . |
| 27 | Philip held out the paper that the chocolate bar Lee had given him had been wrapped in . |
| 28 | Miss Harker held out the chalk . |
| 29 | She started as though to make for the front door , but Mr Hunter held up a hand to stop her . |
| 30 | Clinton held up a hand to silence the Governor . |