Example sentences of "held it [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took the Deep Space discod from his jerkin and held it meaningfully towards the light source . |
| 2 | The poor bird squawked and scrabbled , its claws beating the madman 's stomach , ripping his rags still further , but Red Hand held it firmly by the neck . |
| 3 | Alice ended with a flourish of her bow , held it high in the air and found herself laughing in triumph . |
| 4 | The police-sergeant took the envelope and held it carefully by the edges between his fingers and thumb . |
| 5 | He drew out a sturdy transparent plastic inner bag and held it up to the light to show me the contents . |
| 6 | Miss Harker looked at it with distaste as if it were a species of repellent insect wriggling on a pin , then took it carefully between her finger and thumb and held it up to the light of the candle . |
| 7 | Once the glass was full he held it up to the lantern that hung from the awning 's strut and toasted whichever patient had paid for that afternoon 's bonefishing . |
| 8 | Kirov held it up to the light , studying it . |
| 9 | Wondering who had wrote it , Katherine turned the letter over in her hands , and then held it up to the light , looking for a watermark — anything which would indicate its origin . |
| 10 | When she held it up to the light she saw that a small circle of skin was inflamed . |
| 11 | The photographer pulled his roll of film from the camera and held it up to the light . |
| 12 | He held it up to the light to give a clearer view . |
| 13 | The white-robed man took the torch from the girl and held it up to the people . |
| 14 | He picked up one of the envelopes and held it up to the light : the watermark showed the heraldic hybrid with which he was becoming familiar , with the wings of an eagle and the body of a lion . |
| 15 | He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands . |
| 16 | He stepped over , pierced one of the raw chunks with his dagger and held it up before the mastiff . |
| 17 | Wexford held it up in the bright shaft of sunlight . |
| 18 | Carefully she drew it out through the folds of the eiderdown and held it close to the flame of the nightlight . |
| 19 | She remodelled it with careful fingers , then held it close to the flame . |
| 20 | Picking up the long gun , Doyle ran his finger along the barrel and then held it out to the Hare-woman . |
| 21 | He plucked a heavy silver ring from the middle finger of his left hand , tugging it over the knuckle impetuously , and held it out across the table in his palm . |
| 22 | He held it out in the servant 's direction and let it go . |
| 23 | Then from his own pocket he drew another , rather the same but very much shinier , and held it out in the palm of his hand . |
| 24 | Once , he licked his finger and held it aloft in the airstream before lowering it to point decisively along a corridor that appeared to Bernice no different from the other two that also ran from the junction . |