Example sentences of "[noun pl] and hold up " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such works demean religious believers and hold up their convictions to contempt . |
| 2 | ‘ Greasers are almost like hoods ; we steal things and drive old souped-up cars and hold up petrol stations and have a gang fight once in a while . ’ |
| 3 | Raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 3 counts . |
| 4 | Lying down , with knees bent towards the chest , raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 5 | Raise the elbows head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 6 | Raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 7 | Raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 8 | Raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 9 | Raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 10 | Lying as shown , raise the elbows head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 11 | Lying as shown raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 12 | Lying as shown , raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 13 | Lying as shown , raise the elbows , head and shoulders towards the knees and hold up for 5 counts . |
| 14 | Repeat 3 more times and hold up for 10 counts each time . |
| 15 | Repeat 3 more times and hold up for 10 counts each time . |
| 16 | Repeat 3 more times and hold up for 10 counts each time . |
| 17 | Repeat 4 more times and hold up for 10 counts each time . |
| 18 | Repeat 5 more times and hold up for 10 counts each time . |
| 19 | It looked like somewhere waiting for a film to happen , Jasper thought , like a Western on television where two gunmen will come out of the badlands and hold up the mailtrain on the Santa Fe railroad . |