Example sentences of "hold it out to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sighs , takes out the cigarette case again and holds it out to me . |
| 2 | I hold it out to her so she can take lOp , and she takes the lot . |
| 3 | But by the time I had got it out of the packet and placed it between my lips , he had lighted a cerillo and was holding it out to me in cupped hands , smiling above the soft yellow flame whose elvish reflection danced in his blue eyes . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's O.K. , the firm pays for my taxi , ’ I babbled , holding it out to him between trembling fingers as if it were a dead insect . |
| 5 | He sucks hard on the number before holding it out to me . |
| 6 | Henri answered the insistent buzz of the telephone , almost instantly holding it out to Mait , who came in from inspecting the hounfort . |
| 7 | She took the pendant from her pocket and crouched down , holding it out to the boy . |
| 8 | He bent down then , plucking something from the grass , then holding it out to her with a grave smile . |
| 9 | Without changing his position , Jacob reached between himself and the woman and picked up one of the tankards , holding it out to Seb . |
| 10 | He nodded and smiled , not reaching for the carrier-bag , waiting for Stephen to hold it out to him . |
| 11 | The day after , Jamie came in with the wooden dish of porridge , held it out to Cameron , then twitched it away when he reached for it and turned it upside down . |
| 12 | Picking up the long gun , Doyle ran his finger along the barrel and then held it out to the Hare-woman . |
| 13 | I held it out to him from the pouch . |
| 14 | It was Marian who picked up a broken cross-bow from the debris piled about on the roof and held it out to Allen . |
| 15 | He picked the hambone off the rock where he had put it and held it out to Michael . |
| 16 | Bewildered , she held it out to him . |
| 17 | His right hand dropped the billhook and he held it out to her , shaking , palm upward , and looked at her beseechingly , like a child . |
| 18 | He pulled a photograph out of his shirt pocket inside the overall , and held it out to Anna . |
| 19 | He held it out to me . |
| 20 | She adjusted her half-moon glasses , reached for a document to her left , held it out to him ; all without looking up . |
| 21 | Boldwood took from his pocket a diamond engagement ring , and held it out to her . |
| 22 | She brought her right hand up out of the bedclothes and held it out to him . |
| 23 | She held it out to Angelica , and said , ‘ For the kitchen ? ’ |
| 24 | He held it out to Janice . |
| 25 | He held it out to her . |
| 26 | Beamish , who had been watching like a man in a daze , pulled a handful of hay from a bale and held it out to her . |
| 27 | He sat her in the armchair and lit the gas-fire , poured a large Scotch and held it out to her . |
| 28 | Spatz studied the first of the files for a while , then held it out to Hammond . |
| 29 | He opened the buckles on his bag , and took out a bird , a small grey plover , its crest still dancing over its open eye , and held it out to her . |
| 30 | He held it out to me . |