Example sentences of "hold it [prep] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the Cid assembled together the Christians in the Alcazar , and when they were assembled , he rose upon his feet and said , Friends and kinsmen and vassals , praised be God and holy Mary Mother , all the good which I have in the world I have here in Valencia ; with hard labour I won the city , and hold it for my heritage , and for nothing less than death will I leave it . |
| 2 | To this , Joseph protested : ‘ If I could , I would take my heart out and hold it in my hand and let the Great Father and the white people see that there is nothing in it but kind feelings and love for him and them . ’ |
| 3 | I pull the pistol and hold it within my jacket . |
| 4 | I used to wonder what on earth people found to talk about for so long , and on the occasion when I was called to a neighbour 's telephone in Baldersdale , I was so uneasy that someone had to hold it to my ear . |
| 5 | I held it between my own , uncovered it to see the fingers lying on mine : a square hand , fine-boned , fine-textured , not large . |
| 6 | I pulled out my short stabbing dagger and held it between my fingers . |
| 7 | Then I picked up the lamp torch and held it above my head . |
| 8 | He undid the neck of a small pouch and held it under my nose . |
| 9 | I took the envelope out of the left-hand saddle-bag and held it across my chest . |
| 10 | She passed it across and I held it on my knees without opening it . |
| 11 | I caught it , held it in my fingers and put it out of the window . |
| 12 | As I held it in my hand it all came back to me . |
| 13 | Recently , I picked up a young bird which one of my cats had caught ; I held it in my hands in the hope that it might survive . |