Example sentences of "[be] hold [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | you 're holding like that and then I 'm cutting there |
| 2 | But we ought to be aware of what values we 're holding in in various |
| 3 | ‘ So then we 're held by Islami Jihad , yes ? ’ |
| 4 | Now the Moroccan authorities are holding onto the body and that 's angered Private Morrison 's Abingdon based family . |
| 5 | ‘ And when you need to give her more chloroform , ’ he said , ‘ hand the leg you are holding to Rose — you may take them both on your shoulders if you will , Rose ; it 's important that she does n't regain consciousness during the actual birth . ’ |
| 6 | Your branch recently contacted the Parish Council about a sealed item which you are holding for us . |
| 7 | First , we can make a list of the things that we are holding against others , things that are bothering us , causing pain , things that make life miserable . |
| 8 | Erm operating profit therefore down eleven percent , that 's er the ongoing businesses plus of course the impact of the erm er the sale of er Elsevere are holding in the first erm up to ten weeks of ninety one . |
| 9 | Now these are n't , oh right , the strange black things that some of you are holding in your hands are called riders , and these are end leaves for the storage binder , and the idea is that they will have protective pages that are in the storage binder that will make them easier to turn . |
| 10 | Earlier this month Bear Stearns , the New York investment bank , distributed 10 million shares that it had been holding as part of a deferred payment plan . |
| 11 | The party reacted with unnecessary embarrassment and defensiveness to government attacks on general talks it has been holding with the Greens , and its desire , as part of its traditional Ostpolitik , to press on with contacts with the Communist party in East Berlin despite the sudden surge of open opposition to the government by East German citizens . |
| 12 | The Walther Devlin had been holding on his knee appeared above the table now and he fired again , shooting Eggar through the right hand . |
| 13 | Some items I 'd been holding for him . |
| 14 | As the door closed , Zen let out a breath he realized he had been holding for a long time . |
| 15 | ‘ When he did so , he would have been holding to an instinctive belief that the signal behind him would inevitably have gone to red . |
| 16 | The officer 's life was ‘ almost certainly ’ saved by the fact that one bullet became embedded in a radio handset he had been holding to his ear . |
| 17 | Climbing to his feet , the tall sheriff pocketed the small hand-mirror he had been holding to Grant 's lips . |
| 18 | His life had almost certainly been saved by the fact that one bullet had hit a radio handset he had been holding to his ear . |
| 19 | ‘ Present from Alan behind the bar , ’ said Sarah , drawing out the glass she had been holding behind the frilly apron the waitresses at the Right and Wrong had to wear . |
| 20 | Irina , who had been holding in her hand the red saucepan earlier referred to by Ludens , put it down and said , ‘ Oh . ’ |
| 21 | She heard him release the breath he 'd been holding in a sigh . |
| 22 | Ferguson 's promise was more praiseworthy than pondering how much Germany might have been holding in reserve . |
| 23 | But I am holding in a dead zone . |
| 24 | Troops of the 1,500-strong Senegalese ECOMOG contingent were said to be holding off NPFL guerrillas attacking a strategic bridge 7 km north of central Monrovia . |
| 25 | I have also enclosed an article to add to the considerable amount of reference material you should now be holding on this subject . |
| 26 | The ceasefire seemed to be holding on Sept. 23 as Croatia and the navy began to lift their respective blockades ( although many barracks continued under siege ) . |
| 27 | This ceasefire was reported to be holding on Oct 21 , although poor weather was thought to be a major factor . |
| 28 | The July peace agreement designed to end the fighting between Moldova and the self-proclaimed Dnestr republic appeared to be holding on Aug. 7 as Russian and Moldovan leaders began talks in Moscow on the implementation of the accord , and on economic ties . |
| 29 | Another ceasefire brokered by the European Communities ( EC ) appeared to be holding for a time , as the Hague peace conference continued its efforts to find long-term solutions to the conflict , but the truce collapsed in early October . |
| 30 | Food and medicine reached the eastern town of Zepa , but there was still no aid distribution in Sarajevo , despite a unilateral , nationwide cease-fire called by Bosnia 's Muslim president , Alija Izetbegovic , which appeared to be holding around the capital , although fighting was reported elsewhere in the country . |