Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] hold [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you still think I am holding back on Surere ? ’ |
| 2 | Can you see what I 'm holding up in my and this morning ? |
| 3 | I associated the whole family thing with being older and I was holding on to my youth . |
| 4 | I was so cold today , yeah , I got a , I filled up that kettle and I boiled it and I got , I was holding on to it and I fell backwards on to my bed and I burnt myself |
| 5 | What I was holding out for hung on a pretty slender thread and I could n't let my life be dominated by it . |
| 6 | I was actually mugged on holiday er then years ago and I was held up with a gun and it was the most horrendous feeling |
| 7 | However , I was held up on my way to the airport by heavy rain and I missed the plane . |
| 8 | I joined it at Sanguinaro , where I was held up by a Feldgendarm on a motorcycle . |
| 9 | I was coming across but I was held up by this lot . ’ |
| 10 | I was held still in it . |
| 11 | From the age of about six months , your baby will enjoy splashing and kicking in the bath , as long as you are holding on to her . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're holding back on me . ’ |
| 13 | One minute , you 're holding forth from a pulpit and everyone thinks you 're one hell of a guy . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're holding out for a wedding-ring , ’ he said flatly . |
| 15 | Because you 're held there by all these planets and stars pulling at you . |
| 16 | Yeah well I du n no maybe I was gon na say is because what we 'd like you to do in your feedback is actually give you a feedback using the style that you were holding back on . |
| 17 | You know , erm , you know what sort of gross salary and you know and there was , you were holding back in a way erm tt and why you did n't wan na discuss your hobbies you know where you were losing it |
| 18 | In fact : a full-length cinema-scope colour spread of BB on her stomach at the water 's edge displaying a bottom ‘ as bare as a censor 's eyeball ’ said Time ; BB rescued from the sea in a clinging wet dress ; her wedding night concealed behind some strategically tossed bed linen ; and her breasts showing in faint outline through the sheet she is holding up for modesty 's sake ( they were never seen unveiled ) . |
| 19 | However , this morning Beth Christie was brighter than usual ; she planned to shop for the dinner party she was holding later in the week . |
| 20 | When she recovered she was holding on to the edge of the table for balance . |
| 21 | And then she was holding on to the branches , feeling where the Robemaker had hacked and sawn at them , knowing she must be hurting the Larch even more , and trying to be as gentle as possible . |
| 22 | She was holding on for dear life , leaning into him , lifting on tiptoe so that he could gather her close , hold her tightly in his arms , while his tongue slipped into her mouth , while his hand swept up her ribs and lightly cupped her breast … |
| 23 | She was holding on by a thread . |
| 24 | She had been friends with Annie long enough to know when she was holding back on her . |
| 25 | He was giving her orders : she was to hold on to the edge of the pool and breathe deeply in and out . |
| 26 | This was an idea she was to hold on to throughout the process . |
| 27 | She was most welcoming and wanted their children to have their friends in , she was a neighbourly woman , but if those children were still what she called ‘ hanging around ’ by the time dinner was ready and she was held up in the business of getting the evening meal dealt with , it put her out . |
| 28 | She was held down on the bed whilst a variety of sexual acts were performed on her . |
| 29 | Perfect or absolute Truth , which is known by faith , is beyond our empirical grasp which means that we must act in the knowledge that we are holding on to such truth as we are able to apprehend in this world . |
| 30 | We are held briefly at the runway apron , and then we are off . |