Example sentences of "held [noun] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She held Dot up to the mirror and Dot saw the greyish rivulets where tears had run down her cheeks and been smudged to grey by her hands . |
| 2 | With a look that she did n't know what to make of at all , he walked across to the revolving stand that held coats much like the one he was wearing , removed the sign that said ‘ Guaranteed Waterproof ’ , and tore it in half . |
| 3 | ALLAN BORDER held Australia together on the opening day of the five-Test series against West Indies but was run out for 73 just before stumps in Brisbane . |
| 4 | Besides the discouraging glow of the porch light he supposed that some invisible demarcation held vandals back to the pavement ; that was their territory , this was his . |
| 5 | They held races out by the railway tracks on Saturdays . |
| 6 | The unity of India was imperilled , he said , by a government which was ‘ at the mercy of the rightists and the charity of the leftists ’ and which held power only by the magnanimity of the Congress leader , Mr Rajiv Gandhi , who did not try to form a government . |
| 7 | Trent held Mariana tight round the shoulders , blocking her view of her grandfather who knelt at the lavatory bowl as if in prayer . |