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Being a police officer meant he and his family had to be held up to a higher standard
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"No," she said and gripped it in her hands, held them to her chest
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For example, some professionals believe the deterioration of motor function can be held back by regular exercise
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Sam was surprised at the crowds at the Oodle Festival, held just outside Berlin in the July of that year
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“The sales report!” he cried in relief as he held up the papers which were in danger of being crumpled up in his hand
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She heard them scuttling through the pipes, turned off the flashlight, and held her breath
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She was dressed for the Nightday chill and held her cup close
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“I don’t mind at all,” Nancy said through clenched teeth while she held her side in pain
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Johnny held up his hand for everyone to stop
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“Yes, thank you for reminding us,” Johnny said as he held his ear in pain
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We don’t know what to expect down there,” Johnny said as he held out his hand protectively while peering into the darkness of the descending stairs
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The Operator pulled the Chip back toward himself and held it close, not sure what he was going to do to effectively guard it
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Back upstairs, Vinnie held a portable computer which was projecting a holographic keyboard and screen
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The only part of the computer that was physical was the small, rectangular case he held up in his left hand
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He actually caught her in the air, held her up for a moment, and then threw her to the ground at his feet
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“You dropped this,” she said as she held up the Chip for Johnny to see
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Henry let out a long held breath
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They each stopped their mounts and held their breaths
19.
Serpent often found himself hovering over Woman who held inside her his mate
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She didn't have a water skin on her, they were both tied to the saddle, along with her camp roll that held her warm clothing for the dark
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The boy held out the paper in answer, his mouth still open as he looked at the weird gadget sticking out of the front door
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“Don’t want to forget this,” Ackers held up the paper as he called out
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He found the Super Chip! Ackers held it up in his hand, staring at it with awe
24.
It was such a small and harmless looking thing, yet Ackers knew that whoever held that Chip had the power to circumvent the world’s technological safeguards
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He knew instantly that it was the Super Chip; there was no hiding the amount of connections and registers the Chip held from Ackers’ x-ray glasses
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Ackers held the Super Chip up, looking at it resting gently in his palm
27.
One held a rifle in her hands
28.
Suffice it to say, that this is not the first time I’ve held a woman’s head over the loo while she chucked up the effects of too much booze
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‘I held her head over the loo while she chucked up in the wee small hours
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"Does this look suspicious?" he asked, and held out the little silver-grey bead only a tenth of an inch in diameter a little closer in front of his face
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held his hand there for a moment and then with a shake of his head he turned his
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The young man stood and held out his hand for his new bride to take
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He held himself firmly, although a little shrunken now and but
34.
They held hands in silence for an hour
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The crate was a swollen collection of planks, but framed out with good heavy timbers and fitted with lifting eyes that could have held a long suspension bridge
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The homeless man stared at the money as Theo held out his hand
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blonde, although she was, nor was it that she held a double first from both Oxford and
38.
I follow Molly into the house, trying not to feel out of place … how could I have ever thought that the owner of this could … but you didn’t know he owned this, did you, Liz? And he held my head over the loo while I chucked up! Oh hell!
39.
As it was, this held them up till lunch time
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He held the phone up and her breath froze in her teeth
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The Garda took the small laminated card and held it far away from his eyes, peering, as though at a mystery
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Looking at the house from the old the old stone pillars that still held the front
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She smiled sweetly as she held out the plate of rancid biscuits and asked,
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Travis held back tears
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He bowed his head and held it there until Ajarn placed his hand to the back of his neck
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shelter and held my head with His hands standing next to the head of the
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They stuffed our mouths, held us while they tore strips off us
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held there at a fixed temperature
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Something was being held back
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Theo held out his card but Peadar didn't move
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Those using the name were many, but those using the name who also held a connection to human trafficking, prostitution and more specifically to the skin-trade, were a much more exclusive group
52.
He could almost taste the promise held in the way
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With his hand held firmly in her soft, white and cool
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Theo held up his two small, delicate hands to show he was unarmed before reaching into his inside pocket with fingertips to take out his ID
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Theo jumped to his feet and in one flowing action he had his pistol pressed to Travis's forehead, between the eyebrows, he held the back of his head with the other hand
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"She's being held captive
57.
They held parties to which he was always asked, and he
58.
It is a commonly held belief that where there is light there must be darkness,
59.
Daniel held out his hand to Joshua once they had passed through customs
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So in total I had exactly €16500 Euro plus the €475 I held back yesterday and we made up the odd €25 with bits and pieces of change around the house
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Patient held my anger and frustration
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Several long seconds went by but the canny supervisor held his peace
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he did, he held Jehovah in a very inferior esteem
64.
This was a big formal public meeting held with all crewmen present
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It resisted, and he held on to the bulkhead straps and kicked at it with one heel until Chief Horcheese thumped it once with her artificial fist and a few hundred kilograms of force
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I summoned a little of the anger in my blood, using the adrenalin as an antidote to the pain, and held out a shaking hand
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I held the bucket in front of my exposed manhood
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I was a wretched ghoul held in a pit, a wraith, a rat in a trap
69.
By the way she held her body away from the display, he thought it was obvious she didn’t want to even look at it
70.
Smiler was not the only player in the game, but he held loaded dice
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He has been on several lectureships, held many Gospel meetings throughout the
72.
I held the tee-shirts up to my face and even through the sack-cloth I could smell fresh linen
73.
Their pale blue constellation flew across the terminus again and held station there, waiting for the breaching ship and the junks
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How can you be a man, a content and serene man, when the gift of the world is always held by another just out of your reach?
75.
She was glad to see them, too, but she was more glad she held it together and didn’t get any tremors in front of them
76.
He held up one hand and said, “Maybe
77.
I held onto the towel so that it did not slip from my head and did my best to stand up
78.
He would be utterly nondescript but for the fact that he sat opposite me and held the power of life and death over my head
79.
I held imaginary conversations with them, planning a safe route through the hurts and psychological infirmity of captivity
80.
I assumed this was where they held Menachem Dov
81.
"You will be stripped of your technician's powers and all heavenly powers and held in a plain environment for the remainder of the voyage of this Haad
82.
I held my hand out, groping forward through the tears that filled my unbelieving eyes, desperate to feel the electricity of his form and field
83.
We held hands, feeling the warmth of skin on skin, close enough to taste each other’s sallow, indoor odour, and then we broke out into peels of ringing laughter
84.
The other burning question that we debated time and again was this; where are we? Our original journeys from London had differed, with Menachem moving straight to our previous location rather than being held underground like me
85.
Given that we were held in an old office block we surmised that this must be in or close to a major town or city
86.
By piecing together this circumstantial evidence and combining it with a few scraps of intelligence that we gleaned during our interrogations, we also decided that we were currently the guests of Cruce Signati, who held sway along the Thames Valley corridor and down in the deep heart of the South West
87.
Menachem thought that he knew exactly where we were being held
88.
It also meant that we were being held in the heart of enemy territory, well away, as far as we knew, from any government agency or army, and so our proffered location offered us little hope of successful escape
89.
I was, to be frank, a pain in the arse, a wet blanket of the dampest order, and I felt as though there would never be an end to the digging of the shallow grave that held what was left of my worthless life
90.
He too stepped boldly forward, held out both of his arms, grabbed Aban in a huge bear-hug and yelled out pure joy at the very top of his voice
91.
They clearly held this conversation on a nightly basis and I wondered how anyone could stand such a thing, no matter how much sympathy one held in one’s heart
92.
I held on for dear life, twisting his foot so that he lost his balance, more out of surprise than through the force of my sudden retaliation
93.
On a clear and otherwise still night, Menachem held his hand up during one of my long and rambling recollections about home
94.
He turned away and went thru the thick portal that his coachman held open
95.
She had to work her way down into the heavy framework that held the containment and supported all the life-support compartments above
96.
As he rode off she still held him responsible for the asteroid because he was a spaceman
97.
He was held up for a good fraction of an hour in a big rope-snarl across the whole canal coming from the upstream lock
98.
When she got back up she held the hatchway rail much more firmly
99.
"Are there any other concerns?" Alfred held his breath again
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With his hand held firmly in her soft, white and cool embrace he let himself be lead to the far corner of the olive grove
