Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [be] holding " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if I was holding the thought in my hands , looking at it , turning it about . |
| 2 | Dawn is particularly inquisitive , and I soon discovered she would never fly properly in a new area without investigating it first , even if I was holding out food for her . |
| 3 | If I 'm holding anything , so that I 'm holding the hand in one position for a long time |
| 4 | Although she was smiling there was something tight in her voice , as if she were holding her breath . |
| 5 | It was as if she were holding a much more exciting conversation inside her own head , Carrie decided . |
| 6 | A stream of urine splashed into the first glass , and as it filled Estelle guided the stream to the next glass as if she were holding a hose pipe . |
| 7 | If you are holding a loop of line from the reel , and you feel a bite , you can feed this loop to the fish until you know it is time to strike . |
| 8 | If you are holding a New Year highland fling , who better to supply Scottish recipes than Sue Lawrence , the 1991 MasterChef winner who is from north of the border . |
| 9 | If you are holding it too tightly it will draw up the knitting which will become very tight and solid . |
| 10 | But always hold it , keep it and if you 're holding that stone you wo n't stutter . |
| 11 | So the centre line is an is an important aspect of Now if you 're holding your notes yeah I I mean that 's not a very open sort of centre line is it because I 've got this as a barrier . |
| 12 | Because I ca n't if you 're holding that handle there there 's nowhere for me to walk . |
| 13 | That someone is unsteady on his feet , off-balance , swaying bout , is something to be seen , or , if we are holding him , felt . |
| 14 | Because in fact if we 're holding far too much stock we ought to do something about reducing it because it 's all |
| 15 | If they are holding it on their mainframe , they have to devise their own implementation of SASPAC91 . |
| 16 | They often looked very strained to Anna , as if they were holding on to their loyalty for dear life . |
| 17 | Place the foot at the base of the door , and attach the arm so that it looks as if it is holding the door open slightly . |
| 18 | Well no but you , it , it , it 's quite a heavy belt and if it , if it 's holding , if it 's giving point to it . |
| 19 | Her conscience said nothing , it felt as if it were holding its breath . |
| 20 | If he 's holding out at all , on anything , maybe I could get it out of him , sir . ’ |
| 21 | These pictures , rarely cordial , have become more and more baleful : it is as if he is holding himself back from physical assault on a reader supposed to be a trendy and a lefty , which is , indeed , what many of his readers have always been . |
| 22 | A gem from Kydonia shows the Master of Animals grasping two lions as they apparently sit upright , just as if he was holding a pair of pups by the scruff of the neck ; the image speaks clearly of the god 's dominion over wild beasts . |
| 23 | The boy crooked one arm and stuck out the other as if he were holding a gun . |