Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] hold [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Many of them are held through trusts with names like Jupiter , Venus , and Mars , registered here at Morgan-Grenfell .
2 Some of them are held to be responsible for relaxation phenomena at low temperatures while folds are of great importance in the crystallization of polymers .
3 This hypothesis is supported by the fact that most plant families that produce bird-dispersed seeds are of very wide distribution and that several of them are held to be primitive , e.g. Annonaceae , Lauraceae , while several genera conspicuous in this trait are found in both tropical America and Australasia .
4 But I am holding in a dead zone .
5 But I am held by the sound of Summerchild 's voice .
6 I 'm using it to ho , I 'm holding at it .
7 exactly , yeah and we can do that with everything , we can do that with everything , this is my perception and that 's your perception of this thing that I 'm holding in my hand , everything that we 've seen have that ability you know , we 've got the ability to do that with everything , what we need to do sometimes is walk around the issue if you like and look at it from another perspective and , and this is what we 're doing with Ethiopia , now , erm , the good section again was looking at images and particularly the fact that a lot of images are very negative and throwing an alternative view , the second section we 're looking at news coverage which is very sketchy , erm , it does n't provide a complete picture at all , and this third section well you saw what that 's about there
8 as I was holding on a particular images and create and then become those energy
9 ‘ But I never connected the baby I was holding with the baby who was kidnapped .
10 To soften the blow I said it was only because I was held in such high esteem in the football world that I had to get rid of any player or , as in his case , friend , who showed any sign of being a no-hoper .
11 ‘ 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 . ’
12 Your branch recently contacted the Parish Council about a sealed item which you are holding for us .
13 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 .
14 If you are held from getting airborne or landing for more than 5 minutes by our AIR/GROUND radio , we will give you your lesson free ! !
15 you 're holding like that and then I 'm cutting there
16 Eventually you will reach the point where you will wonder why one thumb appears to be getting tired and will look down to find that you were holding on a lot of stick trim without even being aware of it !
17 But it 's not a simple process , the ewes can reject the lambs , so she 's held in this restraint while the lamb is introduced , giving it a chance to suckle and allowing the mother to get used to it .
18 That was in keeping with the respect in which she is held for her tireless work , especially on behalf of the world 's children .
19 Recent information from the Amnesty International Medical Group indicates that she is held in almost complete isolation and that her health is now at risk .
20 He looked up into her wide blue eyes which were scrutinising him intently over the mug of tea which she was holding with two hands .
21 Not knowing how to refuse without sounding churlish , she looked down and absently began to smooth off the roughness of the article she was holding with an emery cloth .
22 Then he looked at the linen she was holding across her arms , and she followed his gaze and said , as she motioned her hand towards the door , ‘ This … this is our house too .
23 Then it became apparent that she was holding to some other lodestar .
24 He moved slowly up by the side of the bed , and now he said , ‘ Are … are you all right ? ’ and he saw the bedclothes that she was holding under her chin rise and fall with the movement of her neck before she said , ‘ Yes .
25 Heat flooded through her body as he took the jacket she was holding from her hands .
26 Madame drank her tea and put the fine china cup carefully back on the saucer which she was holding in her other hand .
27 This enchanting white-faced chestnut could be excitable before her races — it was the Royal Hunt Cup winner Come On The Blues , her travelling companion and calming influence , on whom she had her crush — but was admirably genuine , and her home-stretch surge to bring British racing its first great triumph in the Breeders ' Cup ensured that the affection in which she was held during her racing career would not fade .
28 She was held to be guilty of theft .
29 She was held for forty five minutes and at times , she says , she feared for her life .
30 What was significant was the awe in which she was held by her two senior colleagues , but not so by Mr Straw .
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