Example sentences of "[conj] trying to hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her hands covered her mouth as if trying to hold the screams in . |
| 2 | Then , his expression quite impassive , he dug a hand into a trouser pocket and carefully , as if trying to hold fast to quick-silver , brought up a fistful of small change . |
| 3 | The cabby made a squealing noise and clutched at the ragged edges of the wound as if trying to hold it together , to prevent the blood pouring through his hands . |
| 4 | Merleau-ponty had accused the existentialist Sartre of denying history and trying to hold everything together instead ‘ only by the hopeless heroism of the I ’ . |
| 5 | Not content with damning Churchill for causing the Dardanelles disaster , attempting to stifle Bolshevism at birth , returning to the Gold Standard and trying to hold on to India , John Charmley faults him for opposing appeasement . |
| 6 | The mechanic says that on that year the truck the part was handcrafted in Zogmolia near Flelzonia and not only is it double reverse threaded but that its made from a rare alloy rendered from toxic wastes in New Jersey ; however , he has assured me while trying to hold back a laugh and spraying spittle all over me he knows a junk yard on Mars where he can get the part soon . |
| 7 | Alas , they had no high chairs for nine month old Daniel , and it was with a sinking heart that I picked up the menu , while trying to hold the baby and prevent toddler Michael from pulling off the tablecloth . |
| 8 | I see an overweight middle-aged man struggling to close it again whilst trying to hold his towel around his middle . |