Example sentences of "hold [pers pn] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jenny holds me up with one arm and shouts at him . |
| 2 | As he holds him up in triumph , the lad piddles in his eye . |
| 3 | You not only see the food , you feel it in your hands , distinct and concrete , you are aware of its rich and striking smell ; someone in the dream even holds it up to your lips , but every time a different circumstance intervenes to prevent the consummation of the act . |
| 4 | After a while he opens his case , takes out a glass vial and holds it up to the light . |
| 5 | She holds it up in different lights and tries to con its meaning . |
| 6 | if you hold them up to the light then you see them |
| 7 | Just on the floor at the front here , would you people just pick up one or two of the things that you have in front of you and hold them up above above your heads please . |
| 8 | Drill nail holes in the batten , hold it up to the wall , and drill through one batten hole into the tiling . |
| 9 | Cardiff watched him scan the wall , and then hold it up to the ceiling . |
| 10 | in the bottom of the cup , it just when you hold the cup up to the light , the picture comes through , you know it 's , the shape and the colours come through when you hold it up to the light |
| 11 | hold it up to the light |
| 12 | You can take your time , touch the material , hold it up against you , take it to the door and look at it . |
| 13 | The first pad , if you hold it up against any of the other pads , you 'll see that it 's actually slightly shorter . |
| 14 | Before buying a tie , hold it up by the skinny end , like a fish . |
| 15 | Hold it up in front of him like a cross in front of Dracula ? |
| 16 | And holding them up for a little bit of erm laughter . |
| 17 | He was wearing an apron which made him look like a housewife , and tinkering with glass eyes , taking them out of a box and holding them up to the empty sockets of the dead bird , trying to find a matching pair that fitted . |
| 18 | Then , after carefully taking off his heavy rings , he picked each of the tiles up in turn , holding them up by the extreme edge . |
| 19 | ‘ How did you feel , ’ he said , ‘ when the monkey was holding you up on the roof ? ’ |
| 20 | And wished he had n't because , two weeks later , Donald was holding him up with a sawn-off shotgun for an hour and a half . |
| 21 | A spokeswoman said : ‘ We were not condoning what he did or holding him up as someone who should be followed . |
| 22 | It was now obvious that the horse was a stayer and yet Harry Short 's stable jockey had recently ridden him as if his best distance was six furlongs , holding him up for a late run . |
| 23 | The assistant began banging his calculator on the ground and holding it up to his ear |
| 24 | You were holding it up to the window . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I recognized her when her wig fell off , ’ my abductor said , holding it up with the scarf . |
| 26 | Mike was holding it up for Mr. Rowbotham to see . |
| 27 | ‘ I also have a green velvet hat , ’ she told him solemnly , holding it up for inspection . |
| 28 | Taking the bag and holding it up towards the window , Bodie peered at the two slugs . |
| 29 | Just look at that ( stabbing a piece and holding it up in mid-air ) . |
| 30 | It was a full fifteen feet and the offshore wind was holding it up like a crystal tower . |