Example sentences of "hold [pron] [noun] in [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The female bot fly holds her eggs in her oviduct until they have hatched into maggots . |
| 2 | To exhausted to comfort him , Syleyma holds her head in her hands and surveys her dying family . |
| 3 | Babur holds his ticket in his lap . |
| 4 | Keith holds his head in his hands and looks at the floor . |
| 5 | I stop a bit and hold her head in my hands . |
| 6 | I suppose that 's because I hold your life in my hands . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , his favourite pastime was kidnapping innocent virgins , holding them prisoner in his cave while he presumably had his wicked way with them , and then lowering them sixty metres down to waiting boats to be sold into slavery … ’ |
| 8 | I ran on , holding my stick in my hand . |
| 9 | This time it was Tessa , holding her pyjamas in her hand and wearing nothing but the tweed overcoat pulled tightly around her . |
| 10 | So she dressed neatly , and helped in the harvest , and looked people calmly in the face , even when holding her baby in her arms . |
| 11 | Normally her husband would make himself comfortable beside the fire , sometimes holding their child in his arms , and make small talk as she peeled the potatoes and washed the greens , but tonight Carrie knew it would be different . |
| 12 | The next thing he knew was that the girl with the lovely face was with him in the hut , holding his head in her arms . |
| 13 | As he neared it , he suddenly stopped , staggered and sat down abruptly on a chair , leaning forward and holding his head in his hands . |
| 14 | He sat holding his head in his hands for half an hour , but after that he stood up and just got on with it . |
| 15 | She racked her brains to remember what she had said about Barnes to David Fairfax , but she had said nothing , only that he came from Woodlands Incorporated — and that , because she was still holding his card in her hand . |
| 16 | You held my head in your arms . ’ |
| 17 | The sword had been the sword of Mudarra in former times , and when Rodrigo held its cross in his hand , he thought within himself that his arm was not weaker than Mudarra 's . |
| 18 | Ruth sat on the loo and held her head in her hands . |
| 19 | For a moment he held her head in his hands , searching her face with a strange expression in his eyes . |
| 20 | He bent to her again and nibbled her ear , then held her jaw in his hands and delivered a kiss that was heavy and almost insolent . |
| 21 | And he held her future in his hands . |
| 22 | He held his daughter in his arms and kissed her . |
| 23 | And he held his head in his hands . |
| 24 | Mr Over , a retired electricity executive , held his head in his hands . |
| 25 | He held his head in his hands . |
| 26 | He sat there and held his head in his hands . |
| 27 | Gaughan held his head in his hands after 23 minutes when Shrewsbury defender Dean Spink headed just over his own bar while trying to clear another effort , and the former Sunderland man forced Perks to his knees with a long range right foot shot . |
| 28 | ‘ You have always held your place in my heart , ’ I answered . |