Example sentences of "that hold them " in BNC.

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1 They appear to be in a catatonic state , but this is deceptive because they may then suddenly bite the hand that holds them .
2 Take the baskets that hold them out of the pool and allow them to drain for an hour .
3 that hold them .
4 that hold them Maggi , that .
5 Break themself from all those things that hold them and that captivate them and hold their interest .
6 Here , in the seemingly endless expanse of clear blue , hundreds of fish hung strangely suspended in the water , the nets that held them all but invisible . ’
7 She felt her body , the sweat that held them together , Nathan 's heart beating frantically against her chest .
8 He smiled at her and , in offering her reassurance , broke the spell that held them .
9 Whatever this strange apparition was that held them in its awe , reality would return when the bangs announced a train that belonged to this world .
10 As soon as the plane had hit any turbulence , the springs would have popped off the arm that held them and the two buckets would have automatically deployed .
11 They did not know then , were not to know for many years , were never fully to understand what it was that held them together — a sense of being on the margins of English life , perhaps , a sense of being outsiders , looking in from a cold street through a lighted window into a warm lit room that later might prove to be their own ?
12 Across the warm , sun-filled expanse of wilderness their eyes met with an impact that held them both motionless .
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