Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] held it " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had taken one hand from the wheel and held it up in protest . |
| 2 | The unarmed man then produced a buff-coloured plastic ID card and held it up in front of Vasili . |
| 3 | Jazz reached out for the photograph and held it , examining it closely . |
| 4 | The man brought out a photograph and held it at arm 's length , walking toward them . |
| 5 | He had removed the pencil from the jaws of the clothes-peg and held it in his teeth . |
| 6 | She half opened her tight , thin mouth and held it on the verge of speaking . |
| 7 | It was Marian who picked up a broken cross-bow from the debris piled about on the roof and held it out to Allen . |
| 8 | He bethought him of his little key and held it up bravely before him , and it put out a little sparkling light that illumined a step at a time , silvery-pale . |
| 9 | Glancing down at the package as though it might just possibly bite , she took a deep breath and began to unpick the sellotape that held it intact . |
| 10 | The reporter squirmed in his seat , and then seizing Stella 's hand placed it on his lap and held it there , gripping her by the wrist . |
| 11 | His strong hand cupped her fist and held it . |
| 12 | As the attendant took the bills with a delighted , ‘ Hey , thanks man , ’ the driver caught his gaze and held it . |
| 13 | To his surprise , Molly threw away the dregs of tea in her beaker and held it out for him to fill with the frothing liquor . |
| 14 | Bleak black branches suddenly shone with the colours of dark red buds , of shining bark , of pale dry trunks that caught the sun and held it in their sinuous heights . |
| 15 | Rose picked up a tube of sun-cream and held it out to Daphne . |
| 16 | He opened his raincoat all the way down , took something that hung free from near his waist and held it up . |
| 17 | Madeleine 's hands seized the pillow and held it to her in a quick embrace . |
| 18 | Lyn took the cat out of the basket and held it against her . |
| 19 | One of the soldiers in the small troupe lit a handful of straw from his tinder-box and held it aloft . |
| 20 | I put one ear to the can and held it still . |
| 21 | The white-robed man took the torch from the girl and held it up to the people . |
| 22 | Alex picked a bloom from the large bouquet of mixed carnations which stood to one side of her desk and held it to her nose , savouring the cinnamon scent . |
| 23 | Beamish , who had been watching like a man in a daze , pulled a handful of hay from a bale and held it out to her . |
| 24 | ‘ Hello , Margaret , ’ said Juliet , a little disconcerted when the woman lifted the colander and held it before her . |
| 25 | He bent , lifted the foot and held it cupped firmly in his hands . |
| 26 | He positively beamed as he took the coin and held it up between his thumb and index finger . |
| 27 | Athelstan refilled the goblet and held it to the coroner 's lips . |
| 28 | She extruded a three-foot , honed-steel spike from the rubber palm of a suction waldo and held it out so the big cat would kebab itself . |
| 29 | He undid the neck of a small pouch and held it under my nose . |
| 30 | Meryl felt slightly dizzy among the heady scents of the plants , but nevertheless plucked a rosemary leaf from its stem and held it to her nose , crushed between finger and thumb , before releasing it to twist emptily to the ground . |