Example sentences of "hold out a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He holds out a sunburned arm . |
| 2 | Every once in a while he holds out a small portion of meat , which the Skeleton chews furiously and swallows , with the same lack of success as before . |
| 3 | Dwayne holds out a freckled ham . |
| 4 | This trend towards a greater reliance upon jobs in service industries does not by itself , however , hold out a great deal of hope for the long-term male unemployed , or the emerging underclass . |
| 5 | They are thus more ‘ moral ’ or , as he can also say , more ‘ teleological ’ than Islam , for they discern and hold out an ethical purpose and direction for human life . |
| 6 | Lisa ran to her mother holding out a brilliant sticky red ball . |
| 7 | Once she was holding out a small present done up in coloured wrapping . |
| 8 | The girl was holding out a small , delicate-looking hand , eyeing her with polite curiosity . |
| 9 | ‘ Mungo , Vic , ’ Emily confirmed , holding out a pale , thin arm by way of introduction . |
| 10 | The lady with the upright hair who Gloria said had a screw loose , clattered into the bedroom holding out a steaming jug on a tray . |
| 11 | What is happening to me , she asked , sitting on the bed and holding out a shaking hand , what is wrong ? |
| 12 | Bodo , big in his brown overalls , holding out a large , square , calloused hand with broken finger-nails and taking Karl 's white hand firmly but , Erika noticed , not squeezing hard . |
| 13 | How do you do ? ’ he said , holding out a large hand . |
| 14 | There he turned and say a tall blond-haired man holding out an empty glass . |
| 15 | ‘ Then help me , ’ begged Isabel , holding out an imploring hand . |
| 16 | The French government is holding out an olive branch to the drivers by offering to negotiate how the new traffic laws are applied . |
| 17 | This was held by the female clerk as one would hold out a photographic negative , saying , ‘ That number will put you in touch with the one you require . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ … the extent of the establishment is but barely sufficient for the exigencies of the County , and it can not be contended that it is on too large or extravagant a scale ; the number of patients constantly on the books of the Infirmary ; the high reputation which it has justly acquired under the excellent management of the medical and other officers belonging to it ; the strict economy which to the general satisfaction of the Governors has been observed in the ordinary expenditure of the House … call forcibly upon the County at large to hold out a protecting hand to save it from ruin which appears inevitably to have waited , if not averted by our timely interference . ’ |
| 19 | The argument , expressed in various ways by these three doughty politicians , is that when Labour 's morning press conference raised the constitutional issues , especially PR , and appeared to hold out an olive branch to Liberal Democrat voters , the Labour message became blurred . |
| 20 | Held out a spidery hand and you took it |
| 21 | And when I said I was he held out a massive paw that gripped my hand as though in a vice . |
| 22 | She held out a bare leg , and certainly the ankle was misshapen and much swollen . |
| 23 | He held out a black claw which she stroked . |
| 24 | ’ She put down her heavy curved knife and held out a gnarled hand . |
| 25 | Clyde held out a gnarled old hand to Elaine , who handed him her bag with a timid smile . |
| 26 | Removing one hand from behind his back , he held out a small bowl . |
| 27 | Heather gave him an affectionate grin and held out a small white porcelain swan . |
| 28 | He held out a small package . |
| 29 | The socialist government feared a loss of government to the C.N.T. unless they held out a revolutionary future to the social masses . |
| 30 | Kathleen Lavender held out a cardboard box between her hands , speechlessly , so that it looked like some kind of dumb offering and Dorothea at once remembered the solicitor 's stiff letter , her own shamed surprise and then her agitation . |