Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] hold on 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 | Sam claims her father breached the trust she placed in him and says he is holding on to her cash . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | It was holding on to the tree but I pulled it off . |
| 17 | He was holding on to the hand of one of the passengers who was bleeding rather badly . |