Example sentences of "hold his [noun] in [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Babur holds his ticket in his lap . |
| 2 | Keith holds his head in his hands and looks at the floor . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | As he neared it , he suddenly stopped , staggered and sat down abruptly on a chair , leaning forward and holding his head in his hands . |
| 5 | He sat holding his head in his hands for half an hour , but after that he stood up and just got on with it . |
| 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 | He held his daughter in his arms and kissed her . |
| 8 | And he held his head in his hands . |
| 9 | Mr Over , a retired electricity executive , held his head in his hands . |
| 10 | He held his head in his hands . |
| 11 | He sat there and held his head in his hands . |
| 12 | 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 . |