Example sentences of "hold it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when he waves a noose , he holds it with a velvet glove . |
| 2 | A smith uses a hammer very differently to most tradesmen , never holds it at the bottom of the shaft , for the resulting whip means that power is lost so they always clench the tool near the head . |
| 3 | Sometimes he walking round with his marking book and he holds it at an angle you know so you can see all the answers . |
| 4 | ‘ Who holds it for the Empress ? ’ |
| 5 | He holds it through a riveting performance of the Toccata , a sumptuously lyrical adagio ( although perhaps here it has more the air of an andante amabile ) and a gloriously ebullient Fugue . |
| 6 | He hands me the silver tube , lights a match and holds it under the foil while I suck in and follow the smoke . |
| 7 | The water soaks into the ground and becomes sucked in to a sandstone strata , which holds it like a sponge under the city . |
| 8 | You are incorporating humus on which the beneficial bacteria thrive and which both drains the soil of surplus moisture , yet holds it in the right degree . |
| 9 | Hold it to the light , with the eye pointing up and down , and you should observe that the thickness of the shaft is scalloped away by 50% just above the eye on the rear face . |
| 10 | I borrow the gun and hold it to the big guy 's head . |
| 11 | Hold it for a few seconds , maybe five , then release it . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Think yourself into it and hold it for a while . |
| 14 | While running , Brownies must not drop the egg or hold it on the spoon with their fingers . |
| 15 | hold it with the tweezers while I screwed it back in . |
| 16 | Frozen food storage cabinets are designed to accept pre-frozen food and hold it at the proper storage temperature — 18°C to -22°C . |
| 17 | I know , to shun , you hold it as a Rule , |
| 18 | I knew that I must live , must embody , this way-of-seeing — not merely hold it as an interesting idea . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Hold it in the air . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | To save draining the cistern , make a bung from polyethylene sheeting and cloth and hold it against the outlet . |
| 23 | As soon as you can see that the embryo is unharmed , do n't touch it ( keep it virgin clean or you may infect it ) , but hold it by the handle and ease the shield shape into the T-shaped cut . |
| 24 | gave it to Tim and Tim holded it in the right he put it on the floor and Ian pricked him . |
| 25 | Next Computer Inc is going try to stage a NeXTWorld Expo without leaning on Uniforum by holding it at the same time like it did last year . |
| 26 | I 've left it with two screws holding it at the moment . |
| 27 | Similarly you could try shortening the meeting , holding it on a different day or suspending it altogether for a few weeks . |
| 28 | She took the boxed flower and then , after holding it for a moment and wondering what to do with it , laid it down alongside her place setting . |
| 29 | It would not allow it to be enforced against the promisor ; and if property had been transferred , the recipient was treated as holding it for the benefit of the person who had parted with it , and as bound to restore it . |
| 30 | Again , a person who acquires property for his own benefit by taking advantage of his position as trustee will be treated as holding it for the benefit of those entitled under the trust . |