Example sentences of "hold it there for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Work at relaxing your muscles , so that the stretch is at a maximum , then hold it there for around 30 seconds . |
| 2 | For the next hour , Matilda kept practising , and in the end she had managed , by the sheer power of her eyes , to lift the whole cigar clear off the table about six inches into the air and hold it there for about a minute . |
| 3 | Stand on one leg and bring your other knee up to your chest and hold it there for ten seconds . |
| 4 | He 'd have to pull it very tight and hold it there for about three minutes to make sure . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've concreted up the mouth of the cave and the gap in the rocks which it burst through because I wanted to hold it there for a bit longer . |
| 6 | With a colossal effort , she managed to hold it there for about ten seconds . |
| 7 | She just gave a dirty chuckle but later , in the hospitality room , I noticed her glossing up , and then she marched up , got hold of my face and planted a great magenta smacker on my cheek , and held it there for several seconds . |
| 8 | She took the smoke down deep into her lungs and held it there for a while before letting it out slowly . |