Example sentences of "hold it out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A teenage girl gets on the bus , then , as if she 's just remembered , takes out a comic story magazine and holds it out of the window . |
| 2 | He sighs , takes out the cigarette case again and holds it out to me . |
| 3 | I hold it out to her so she can take lOp , and she takes the lot . |
| 4 | Now , hold it out towards him and tickle his chest . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ The cow is there ’ , said Ansell , lighting a match and holding it out over the carpet . |
| 6 | I said , holding it out on the palm of my hand . |
| 7 | But by the time I had got it out of the packet and placed it between my lips , he had lighted a cerillo and was holding it out to me in cupped hands , smiling above the soft yellow flame whose elvish reflection danced in his blue eyes . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's O.K. , the firm pays for my taxi , ’ I babbled , holding it out to him between trembling fingers as if it were a dead insect . |
| 9 | He sucks hard on the number before holding it out to me . |
| 10 | Henri answered the insistent buzz of the telephone , almost instantly holding it out to Mait , who came in from inspecting the hounfort . |
| 11 | She took the pendant from her pocket and crouched down , holding it out to the boy . |
| 12 | He bent down then , plucking something from the grass , then holding it out to her with a grave smile . |
| 13 | Without changing his position , Jacob reached between himself and the woman and picked up one of the tankards , holding it out to Seb . |
| 14 | ‘ Accept the letter then , Miss , ’ the older man insisted , holding it out for Beth to take . |
| 15 | He spread the jacket between his hands , holding it out for them to see . |
| 16 | Sophie grabbed the cord that encircled her throat , holding it out like a tight collar . |
| 17 | Mm I 'm sure that holding it out like this one can do |
| 18 | The Frenchman lifted his glass and , holding it out in front of him , spoke one word Churchill . |
| 19 | The Man had taken his jacket off and was holding it out in front of him and all of them could see what he intended to do . |
| 20 | He nodded and smiled , not reaching for the carrier-bag , waiting for Stephen to hold it out to him . |
| 21 | The day after , Jamie came in with the wooden dish of porridge , held it out to Cameron , then twitched it away when he reached for it and turned it upside down . |
| 22 | Picking up the long gun , Doyle ran his finger along the barrel and then held it out to the Hare-woman . |
| 23 | I held it out to him from the pouch . |
| 24 | It was Marian who picked up a broken cross-bow from the debris piled about on the roof and held it out to Allen . |
| 25 | He picked the hambone off the rock where he had put it and held it out to Michael . |
| 26 | Bewildered , she held it out to him . |
| 27 | His right hand dropped the billhook and he held it out to her , shaking , palm upward , and looked at her beseechingly , like a child . |
| 28 | He pulled a photograph out of his shirt pocket inside the overall , and held it out to Anna . |
| 29 | He held it out to me . |
| 30 | She adjusted her half-moon glasses , reached for a document to her left , held it out to him ; all without looking up . |