Example sentences of "[be] holding on to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end she proved , and many women police officers are proving , that it is now the men who are holding on to their apron strings . |
| 2 | Perfect or absolute Truth , which is known by faith , is beyond our empirical grasp which means that we must act in the knowledge that we are holding on to such truth as we are able to apprehend in this world . |
| 3 | and I 've re I have quite a high awareness about women 's position in society , but because of that I feel that I 've now come to reject the term feminism because erm I think it 's also harming the people who , you know , it 's harming the women that are holding on to that er , label because it is label and that is erm because it 's , because it 's a label it then it 's blocking er forms progress for women . |
| 4 | From the age of about six months , your baby will enjoy splashing and kicking in the bath , as long as you are holding on to her . |
| 5 | They more or less called him a fool when he tried to change back into whatever it was our current whatever it was and if that 's the case erm Hungar Hungarians are holding on to this two thousand pound , it 's surety is n't it ? |
| 6 | People would still be living here who had been in residence since before the war and were holding on to controlled tenancies until dislodged by offers of cash or other accommodation , but they would not be there much longer . |
| 7 | Even junior clubs were holding on to their players . |
| 8 | They often looked very strained to Anna , as if they were holding on to their loyalty for dear life . |
| 9 | He said we were holding on to the ball , but we wanted it to come out . |
| 10 | Look at the stuff he 's holding on to : he is n't selling any of his great Minimal works , his Carl Andres or Donald Judds , but those are works that are still climbing in value . ’ |
| 11 | You 've got an S O four with two bonds on it and it 's holding on to a hydrogen |
| 12 | Meditation is holding on to that silken thread throughout life . |
| 13 | Satyāgraha is further described as an unending , relentless , dialectical quest for truth ; it is holding on to truth come what may . |
| 14 | Sam claims her father breached the trust she placed in him and says he is holding on to her cash . |
| 15 | He was holding on to the hand of one of the passengers who was bleeding rather badly . |
| 16 | The woman was holding on to him with one arm , and with the other she was pounding him on the back , very hard . |
| 17 | I associated the whole family thing with being older and I was holding on to my youth . |
| 18 | It was the latter who , ignoring the red-faced Maxwell whose wife was holding on to his arm , asked the Consul General : |
| 19 | Nellie was holding on to his arm as they walked out into the corridor and he felt her tense . |
| 20 | When she recovered she was holding on to the edge of the table for balance . |
| 21 | It was holding on to the tree but I pulled it off . |
| 22 | And then she was holding on to the branches , feeling where the Robemaker had hacked and sawn at them , knowing she must be hurting the Larch even more , and trying to be as gentle as possible . |
| 23 | His attorney 's girlfriend was holding on to his legs as he went through the things that were wrong with his life , in broken English . |
| 24 | Even through the pain in her head where Guido was holding on to her hair the plain facts of what he was saying were finally sinking in . |
| 25 | Fabia was holding on to him as much as Ven was holding on to her when their lips met . |
| 26 | Fabia was holding on to him as much as Ven was holding on to her when their lips met . |
| 27 | Mr Hollings confirmed that Dowding was holding on to its 8.7pc stake in T&C , built up in the run-up to and during the launch of the takeover bid . |
| 28 | I was so cold today , yeah , I got a , I filled up that kettle and I boiled it and I got , I was holding on to it and I fell backwards on to my bed and I burnt myself |