Example sentences of "[noun] and hold his " in BNC.
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| 1 | When thwarted he would rage , shutting his eyes tight , opening his mouth and holding his breath before letting out a bellow of such terrifying power that Neil half expected the whole of Lydsett to come running to see which of them was tormenting the child . |
| 2 | The Prince smiled his thanks and held his hand out so that the sunlight streaming through the stained glass windows caught the gems in his rings and made them sparkle . |
| 3 | Austin Farrer came on a visit to Lincoln and reported that Ramsey was a great man in the college and held his audiences spellbound and was less mad . |
| 4 | The big man splashed up to Edward and held his hand out of the water cordially , bobbing up and down . |
| 5 | So Angus got up on to the rock and held his fist high and told young McCulloch to stand the hostages on a knoll where everyone could see them and called out the oath above the drone of the pipe : ‘ We do swear — never to swerve — from our present path — till we have cleansed the country — of this oppressive Act . |
| 6 | He stared in disbelief as he watched Dorothy grab the boy and hold his head under the surface of the pool until he lay unmoving , like a small rag doll . |
| 7 | As the chants of the high-kicking girls continued and the mass of the crowd felt obliged to join in , he shook his head in well-simulated disbelief at such honour and held his hands high , palms outward , in a gesture to indicate there was no need to afford an insignificant junior Senator from Oklahoma such an ovation . |
| 8 | General Midwinter was in front of the band smiling benignly at the closely packed guests and holding his gloved hand high as if he was auctioning it . |
| 9 | Rory sat on the grass in front of Prentice and held his foot . |
| 10 | She sat beside Stephen and held his hand . |
| 11 | BERTIE AULD BARES HIS BODY AND HOLDS HIS BALL ALOFT |
| 12 | He praised his wife Wyn who visited him every day and held his hand as he was treated in three different hospitals . |
| 13 | Gerrard came back to the dais and held his hands up for silence , and though there was still a good deal of noise he made himself heard above it . |
| 14 | A sudden dignity made him straighten his back and hold his head high . |
| 15 | Bodo downed his drink and held his glass out for more . |
| 16 | He suffers seizure-like attacks , writhing on the ground and holding his head in pain as God invades his body . |
| 17 | The boy stretched his fingers out to their furthest limit and held his thumb back rigidly , at right-angles to his forefinger . |
| 18 | He 'd learned from it , too ; not , perhaps , very much about masonry , but a great deal about keeping his temper and holding his tongue , even under injustice . |
| 19 | ‘ Here , ’ Albert said , opening another door and holding his candle high so that Carrie could see . |
| 20 | The friendly little Asian appeared from another door and held his hands out for our tickets . |
| 21 | He opened her door and held his hand out . |
| 22 | He wore a pistol stuck in his belt and held his knife in his right hand . |
| 23 | Willie fixed his eyes on to the gate and held his breath . |
| 24 | When , at last , some nasty little spots began to appear , and he had spent the last night of the year sitting up in bed and holding his pyjama jacket away from his afflictions , Joan put her foot down . |
| 25 | What , what it 's frustrating for a slow bowler is that if the batsman put his left pad down the wicket and held his bat up in the air , clearly not playing his shot for all to see , then I 'm sure that we , you know , it , the batsman be given out L B W quite frequently , but because the bat is hovering just behind that left pad erm , he 's never given out . |
| 26 | The 32-year-old Londoner led from the start when he beat teammate Alain Prost off the grid and held his lead for six laps . |
| 27 | He applied these principles in the Bedfordshire rural scheme and held his first meeting of student groups at Bedford Modern School in 1929 . |
| 28 | She looked flirtatiously at Urquhart and held his gaze before he dropped his eyes to the table . |