Example sentences of "[noun prp] holding " in BNC.
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| 1 | Current chairman : President Pierre Buyoya of Burundi chairs the organization for the current year from February 1990 , with Rwanda holding the chairmanship of the Council of Ministers . |
| 2 | The spectacle of the small , but agile and resilient widow from Brooklyn holding her own against the vast , imperious bulk of Mr Morley , hilariously cast as an oriental potentate , was touching and often very funny . |
| 3 | Even before their magnificent palace was completed by Bernini , they opened the theatre in it , the Teatro delle Quattro Fontane holding three thousand spectators , on 23 February 1632 , with a fresh opera by Landi , Il Sant' Alessio . |
| 4 | It could have been Hick holding together a Worcestershire innings — and that is exactly what England have been waiting and hoping for from the man who had completed 57 first-class hundreds before he was 25 . |
| 5 | Together Swales and Boler own around 68pc of City , with brewers Greenall Whitley holding 20pc . |
| 6 | Stewart 's departure , after an incident that left Paul Roberts holding his face , did not seem to affect Spurs unduly . |
| 7 | The beautifully drawn tondo in the base of the cup shows a running figure of Hermes holding the caduceus . |
| 8 | In the hall one of the walls was given over entirely to a tiled picture of Christ displaying His Sacred Heart ; another depicted the Blessed Virgin being carried upwards to Heaven by a host of angels , and a third was of St Anthony holding a lily and looking tenderly down at the beholder . |
| 9 | THE Boot Room on Sky stars Andy Gray holding forth like a latter-day Bill Shankly in the tabernacle of Anfield . |
| 10 | Under the agreement , a new company , Anglia Television Entertainment , will be formed , with Anglia holding 51 pc and HBO 49 pc . |
| 11 | ‘ Did you drop ten pounds ? ’ said Kim holding the note up for the woman to see it better . |
| 12 | How 's the food in England holding out ? |
| 13 | They sat together on the rattling tram , Fred holding her hand and Carrie biting her bottom lip in frustration as the tram stopped at the Tower Bridge Hotel for the conductor to alter the points . |
| 14 | Midlands will join on April 1 next year and its 82 outlets will be transferred to the organisation , with Midlands holding 28% of the combine . |
| 15 | This clearly shows Kirwan holding on to Webb long after the scoring pass was given to Jones . |
| 16 | With Roy holding her by the arms she walked up his body until , reaching his shoulders , she flipped over and landed on her feet , screeching with laughter . |
| 17 | Reluctantly she dragged herself out of the bunk and , with Ruth carrying the baby and Ernest holding on to Enoch , they went on deck . |
| 18 | The sale of Volvo 's Pharmacia holding , bought in 1985 , follows a slump in the drug company 's fortunes . |
| 19 | She snuggled down and began to drift to sleep , memories of Alain holding her here as she wept on that first day , memories of him bringing her up to bed after he had kissed her in the kitchen , fluttering like moths in the light , easing her into sleep . |
| 20 | Mr Boyd told them that the name ‘ Buller ’ derived from the French bouloir , reduced by local folk to ‘ the Pot ’ , in which cauldron Dr Johnson now gambolled with a certain heartiness , speculating upon the depth of the caves , and their uses for smugglers and pirates , or shelters for boatmen : Mr Boyd also told them of people from Peterhead holding picnics in one of the caverns . |
| 21 | Stands that set out to rival museums are pretty much a thing of the past , with only Jan Krugier of Geneva holding out here . |
| 22 | She frog-marched me down to the street , leaving Prentice holding the door open . |
| 23 | Teds passing round the hat for Jubilee Year — theirs or Hers , we might ask — a welcome for a new generation of Teddy Boys , nostalgia for the old dances that shocked a still older generation , Yorkshire 's oldest Ted holding court , delighted shoppers : the process of rehabilitation , aided and abetted by total amnesia for even the recent past , seems complete . |
| 24 | He stepped up with his last wood with Reading holding shot . |
| 25 | Diana waited outside the main entrance of Great Ormond Street holding a clutch of excited little hands for a good five minutes before the Wishing Well song , which pop star Boy George had specially recorded for the appeal , struck up ; and then Father Christmas , in the shape of a heavily disguised Jimmy Tarbuck , juddered round the corner on his sleigh , pulled by two little white ponies . |
| 26 | ‘ Maybe he could have had Glastonbury holding the dynamite , ’ said Amiss . |
| 27 | The picture of the great Harry Truman holding above his head a paper with the banner ‘ Dewey Wins ’ gives pleasure yet . |
| 28 | It is essential , for example , to realise non-residents ( and residents ) of West Germany holding DM deposits have a number of choices . |
| 29 | In Lefortovo holding prison he had learned the truth across a bare scrubbed table from the Consul sent by the Embassy . |
| 30 | Now , Rohmer stepped towards Cardiff holding out his hands and smiling . |