Example sentences of "[pron] hold [pron] up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shall I hold it up for you , and erm , or somebody 'll hold it up for you . |
| 2 | She holds it up in different lights and tries to con its meaning . |
| 3 | if you hold them up to the light then you see them |
| 4 | in the bottom of the cup , it just when you hold the cup up to the light , the picture comes through , you know it 's , the shape and the colours come through when you hold it up to the light |
| 5 | The first pad , if you hold it up against any of the other pads , you 'll see that it 's actually slightly shorter . |
| 6 | When she held it up to the light she saw that a small circle of skin was inflamed . |
| 7 | Withdrawing one hand from behind her back , she held it up for inspection . |
| 8 | See , ’ she held it up for his inspection . |
| 9 | ‘ But not me ? ’ she asked dubiously as she held it up against her . |
| 10 | Joanna 's emerald-green dress was perfect with her auburn hair and , as she held it up against her , she said , ‘ I think I 'll slit it up the side . |
| 11 | She held it up like a torch , her face expressionless . |
| 12 | for a kick off anyway , you held us up for three , five months with drawings being late ! |
| 13 | Do you want me to hold them up for you ? |
| 14 | A DIVORCED wife cut off her former husband 's manhood with a razor and forced him to hold it up in front of her mocking friends , police said in Dacca , Bangladesh . |
| 15 | They held her up to the window , and she was crying and banging on the glass as we drove away . ’ |
| 16 | As he holds him up in triumph , the lad piddles in his eye . |
| 17 | He holds one up in his hand . |
| 18 | ‘ In fact he held me up for so long I 'm now wondering if it was a deliberate act on his part . ’ |
| 19 | He was polishing glasses and he held them up to the light to check them and thereby seemed to be ignoring Maidstone completely . |
| 20 | He lowered himself on to her breasts and she moaned as he held himself up on his elbows and barely allowed himself to touch her , his hard chest sliding lightly back and forth over the aching tenderness of her bosom . |
| 21 | Once the glass was full he held it up to the lantern that hung from the awning 's strut and toasted whichever patient had paid for that afternoon 's bonefishing . |
| 22 | He held it up to the light to give a clearer view . |
| 23 | He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands . |