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

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1 I associated the whole family thing with being older and I was holding on to my youth .
2 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
3 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 .
4 When she recovered she was holding on to the edge of the table for balance .
5 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 .
6 He was giving her orders : she was to hold on to the edge of the pool and breathe deeply in and out .
7 This was an idea she was to hold on to throughout the process .
8 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 .
9 He said we were holding on to the ball , but we wanted it to come out .
10 They often looked very strained to Anna , as if they were holding on to their loyalty for dear life .
11 If they were held on to the animal or plant would die .
12 You 've got an S O four with two bonds on it and it 's holding on to a hydrogen
13 Satyāgraha is further described as an unending , relentless , dialectical quest for truth ; it is holding on to truth come what may .
14 Gordon Woodroffe , a zoologist who has studied the water voles of the North York Moors , does not consider that the mink is the total rogue it is held out to be in some quarters , but it certainly appears to have caused the vole 's extinction on the Moors .
15 Sam claims her father breached the trust she placed in him and says he is holding on to her cash .
16 Look at the stuff he 's holding on to : he is n't selling any of his great Minimal works , his Carl Andres or Donald Judds , but those are works that are still climbing in value . ’
17 It was holding on to the tree but I pulled it off .
18 203 , the corporation , having for a number of years paid purchase tax on manufactured stationery , erroneously believing it to be due , sought to recover it when it was held not to be chargeable .
19 In Cigaro ( Glasgow ) Ltd. v. City of Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1983 S.L.T. 549 it was held not to be a breach of natural justice to hear only submissions and not to allow evidence to be led , where this was the practice of the licensing board .
20 As the fixture was in aid of disabled veterans of the Great War , it was held close to Armistice Day each subsequent year .
21 He was holding on to the hand of one of the passengers who was bleeding rather badly .
22 She took the mug he was holding out to her , eyeing its contents suspiciously .
23 And , as she raised her eyes , Ronni broke into a smile as she caught sight of the plate he was holding out to her .
24 The position of a shareholder in a brewer 's business was discussed in Braithwaite 's Trs. v. Linlithgow Justices ( Scotsman , January 27 , 1909 ) , and he was held not to be a partner for the purposes of a similar provision .
25 On the other hand , where a landlord was entitled to determine a lease for " building sites or planting or other purposes " , he was held not to be entitled to determine it for the purpose of constructing a sports stadium ( Coates v Diment [ 1951 ] 1 All ER 890 ) .
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