Example sentences of "hold [pron] [noun] in her [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 | This time it was Tessa , holding her pyjamas in her hand and wearing nothing but the tweed overcoat pulled tightly around her . |
| 4 | So she dressed neatly , and helped in the harvest , and looked people calmly in the face , even when holding her baby in her arms . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Ruth sat on the loo and held her head in her hands . |