Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] held [adv prt] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He walked round the end of the units and held out his hand . |
| 2 | ‘ What are yer waitin' for ? ’ he asked her , but she just shrugged her shoulders and held out her hands . |
| 3 | He got to his feet and held out his hand , as also did Reginald , towards Elaine and , together they pulled her to her feet . |
| 4 | Smiling at her eagerness , he unfastened the clasp and held out her half . |
| 5 | He looked at the girl and held out his hand , which she took and kept while he told his story . |
| 6 | He came forward from behind his desk and held out his hand as if this were a first meeting . |
| 7 | ‘ Of course I will , ’ and she smiled at Mrs Langley and held out her hand and smiled at Rose and Grace , and then she went swiftly from the room and across the hall and down the steps to collapse shaking into the carriage . |
| 8 | No sooner had he freed the platform of the Collector 's superfluous presence than the Doctor sprang into his place and held up his hand for silence . |
| 9 | Lovat looked at the tears rolling down Topaz 's cheeks and held out his hands . |
| 10 | The man at the counter shook his head and held out his hand . |
| 11 | No , it would be night , with a full moon casting an ivory pathway over the beach , a pathway leading Nicolo to a woman who stepped from the shadows and held out her arms . |
| 12 | He got up from his chair and held out his arms to her . |
| 13 | He rose from his chair and held out his hand , as if this was the first time the two of them had met . |
| 14 | Sixsmith lit a cigarette and held up his palm towards Alistair for the duration of a coughing fit that turned every head in the room . |
| 15 | As he spoke , Kaas pulled a newspaper from his jacket pocket and held up its front page for Adam to see . |
| 16 | Ethel opened the door and held up her candle to reveal the awful sight of Mildred 's victim trussed up on the floor . |
| 17 | Stephen hammered the final nail into a plank which criss-crossed the front door and held out his hand to her to step through . |
| 18 | He told me his name was Abel Magwitch , and after breakfast he lit his pipe and held out his hands for mine again . |
| 19 | Burney put down his scalpel and held out his hand . |
| 20 | Miss Potts looked so disbelieving , Mademoiselle exaggerated the size of the spider and held out her hands to show Miss Potts it was at least as big as a fair sized frog . |
| 21 | He seemed greatly cheered at the prospect of my arrival and held out his glass . |
| 22 | Then he moved a little up the canyon to where the jutting rocks made a rough natural staircase and held out his hand . |
| 23 | He dropped the cigarette into the ashtray and held out his arms , and she snuggled into them and slipped her hands round behind him , hugging him tight . |
| 24 | James glanced round the living room , moved towards the fire and held out his hands to the heat . |
| 25 | He looked down the table and held up his plate , as did the ‘ broth ’ . |
| 26 | Bernice stopped by Cheryl 's table and held out her refilled flask . |
| 27 | She pushed her parcels under the table and held out her hand . |