Example sentences of "hold [pers pn] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My voice holds them at bay . |
| 2 | Surely this is the moment when the strong west should be able to offer a hand of assistance to those countries , rather than holding them at arm 's length while it completes its own internal workings . |
| 3 | Holding her at arm 's length he stared into her face as if to memorise every detail . |
| 4 | ‘ Maybe it really is time I settled down , ’ he said , holding her at arm 's length and smudging her tears away with his thumb . |
| 5 | Holding her at arm 's length , he said , ‘ You look terrible , Christina . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh-Dave-you-silly ! ’ she half-panted , half-laughed , hopping towards him as he retreated , holding her at arm 's length , but did n't finish for he let her catch up , caught all her weight to his body and kissed her passionately . |
| 7 | ‘ The children , ’ he said fondly , holding her at arm 's length . |
| 8 | ‘ Whatever is it ? ’ shrieked the old lady , shaking her loose and holding her at arm 's length . |
| 9 | I was weathering the winter and believed that if there was anything in my lung , then at the very worst I was holding it at bay . |
| 10 | But she succeeded in holding it at bay . |
| 11 | All she had to do was hold them at bay for a few weeks . |
| 12 | What was required to hold him at bay was constant vigilance . |
| 13 | But would the pain of losing him be any the less simply because she 'd managed to hold him at bay ? |
| 14 | Crown counsel said the Belfast men bound and gagged Sarah Kennedy , her two young sons and a school-friend and held them at gunpoint in the house at My Lady 's Mile , Holywood , on November 27 , 1991 . |
| 15 | Four kids jumped in the cab , and held me at gun point for three whole hours . ’ |
| 16 | She shot her arm out and tried to grab it from him , but his fingers closed firmly around her wrist and easily held her at bay . |
| 17 | Her mother held her at arm 's length and examined her like a piece of merchandise , turning her this way and that , searching for concealed flaws . |
| 18 | He held her at arm 's length . |
| 19 | He held her at arm 's length and smiled tenderly . |
| 20 | He held her at arm 's length until his muscles ached . |
| 21 | Then she held her at arm 's length and frowned a little . |
| 22 | Tom Fish held him at arm 's length over his head , spun him this way and that until the sky turned sickeningly above him . |
| 23 | Benin embraced Werner then held him at arm 's length . |
| 24 | And then she abruptly pulled away and held him at arm 's length . |
| 25 | In her excitement , switching from Greek to broken English , she held him at arm 's length before kissing him soundly on both cheeks . |
| 26 | He took the gun out of his pocket and held it at waist-level . |
| 27 | The cold held it at bay despite the glow of the flames on his face . |
| 28 | He lift ed his picture , held it at arm 's length , considered it , replaced it on the table , rubbed out a couple of lines and carried on drawing . |
| 29 | At every corner they paused , checked the signal strength , held it at arm 's length to see if they could detect a greater strength around the other side . |
| 30 | The man brought out a photograph and held it at arm 's length , walking toward them . |