Example sentences of "hold it in [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does n't , it holds it all , it holds it in its , in itself |
| 2 | She unhooks the silver droplet from her ear , holds it in her palm , and glares down into it . |
| 3 | In a joint statement they said Mr Bush ‘ holds it in his power to deny the right of choice to the poorest , most vulnerable American women ’ . |
| 4 | He holds it in his mouth , he picks out a match and he strikes it on the box . |
| 5 | UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd echoed the argument that there was an " option for peace " and that " the Iraqis hold it in their hands " . |
| 6 | If he did eat any food he would either chew very slowly or just hold it in his mouth . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | We hold it in our arms , and it learns not only discipline and respect for us but also reassurance and security from our close body contact . |
| 9 | We do not know Selkirk 's secret , even though we hold it in our hands . |
| 10 | If you hold it in your hands it gets warm . |
| 11 | ‘ Hold it in your hands . |
| 12 | Hold it in your mouth and think about it . ’ |
| 13 | She began to run again , down towards it , jumping from tussock to tussock , and then her hat came loose and she snatched it off , scattering pins as she did so , and ran on , holding it in her hand and every so often bowling it ahead of her like a hoop . |
| 14 | In the 1970s , at the University of Washington in Seattle , he succeeded in isolating a single electron and holding it in his trap for nearly 10 months before losing it . |
| 15 | He lights a cigarette for me , holding it in his mouth . |
| 16 | He opened it with a click , holding it in his left hand . |
| 17 | He writes : ‘ It may be that when we ‘ invent ’ the past , especially the lived past , we serve our self esteem by creating an idealized image of our experience , holding it in our heads until it yields measures of virtue' . |
| 18 | Mr Gotobed could hold it in his two hands . |
| 19 | The society of Raasay was so self-contained that he could hold it in his palm and turn it this way and that . |
| 20 | When you went to the driller you 'd got ta hold it in your hand or get a sommat , a gadget to hold the thing on , pull put the drill in . |
| 21 | The Bradys would have to agree to hold it in their house or not at all . |
| 22 | It was love , so real that she could have held it in her hand . |
| 23 | He had held it in his arms in the dark and kissed its eyes . |
| 24 | ‘ For seven years you have borne Undry by your side ; since you left me , you have held it in your hands . |
| 25 | Bleak black branches suddenly shone with the colours of dark red buds , of shining bark , of pale dry trunks that caught the sun and held it in their sinuous heights . |
| 26 | When , in the last days of November , a telegram arrived she knew what it must contain and trembled as she held it in her hand . |
| 27 | She held it in her arms . |
| 28 | Now she held it in her hand with the cross , a silent pleading for Rob 's return . |
| 29 | As she held it in her hands , it felt for a moment huge and heavy ; light glimmered from it , and the sea sounded in her ears . |
| 30 | The farmer 's wife held it in her arms , so that it could not jump at me . |