Example sentences of "he held [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I 'll have a beer tonight Knock , give the jake a rest , ’ said Yanto ‘ Suit yourself , ’ Knocker replied , and drew off a pint of bitter , which he held up to the light . |
| 2 | Martin had pulled himself up to his feet now and he held on to the back of the chair as he nodded at her , then watched her go towards the door . |
| 3 | He held on to the machine by the handlebars as he turned off the road and started to push it up the steeper incline of the track . |
| 4 | He held on to the rail . |
| 5 | He held on to the other end , it went underneath him . |
| 6 | The very idea of Poland was an insult to everything Frederick thought Prussia stood for , and the only hope he held out for the Poles was that partition and Germanisation would turn them into useful members of society . |
| 7 | He had a grey hat which he held tightly by the brim with both hands . |