Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] held it " in BNC.

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1 He knelt down and held it in front of Sung 's face a moment .
2 Colberg drew his sabre slowly and held it sloped on his shoulder .
3 Ratagan took it from her wordlessly and held it in the flames till it had caught .
4 He picked it up and held it away from him while he looked at it .
5 He smoothed the letter out and held it in front of her .
6 She took it out and held it in front of her , the deep rich red material glowing against her skin .
7 He took the portrait out and held it in his hands .
8 If this were not the case and F t < E ( S T ) , a trader who bought a futures contract now and held it to delivery would , on average , make a profit of E ( S T ) - F t .
9 Similarly , if F t > E ( S T ) a trader who sold a futures contract now and held it to delivery would expect to make a profit of F t - E ( S T ) .
10 But although he aimed it at Nicholas , it fired into the air , for the boy knocked it sideways and held it .
11 He smoothed her hair back and held it and kissed her , tenderly , then harder , and this time when his mouth opened into hers she did n't pull away .
12 Dreaming Lee took to this camera immediately and held it delicately and lifted the front-flap and looked through it in order to focus on something and take a picture of it .
13 Now before you go — ’ he took her hand again and held it — ‘ you must tell me your name .
14 She unfastened the girdle again and held it out .
15 His hand had caught hers again and held it very tightly .
16 She rinsed it again and held it out to him .
17 Then turned it round and held it to her face .
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