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Example sentences of "was hold the " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	as if I was holding the thought in my hands , looking at it , turning it about .
2	The German soldier was holding the white flag above his head .
3	Her husband Mr Stephen Hurkett , who was holding the hand of their eldest daughter Emma , seven , saw the incident .
4	And now she was holding the dress .
5	I like it 'cos you know when Daphne had a car crash , just because Jamie was in the car , my brother said that Jamie crashed the car and when the coffee shop blew up … my brother said 'cos Bronwyn was holding the baby when she saw it , he said that Jamie blew the coffee shop up [ laughs ] .
6	And Dad was holding the door open .
7	‘ Not now , ’ said Phil , who was holding the needle up to remove the air bubbles .
8	Blood from my arm came streaming back into my face , in spite of the fact that I was holding the stump as tightly as I could .
9	One day , while I was away and mother was holding the fort , he cracked .
10	I was then sure that the brush was holding the exact colour the painting required .
11	One was holding the gun . ’
12	Preparing pre-glazed aluminium replacement windows for my house , and working alone , the problem was holding the heavy sashes open while I drilled holes , with the window laid flat on the bench .
13	Benny was holding the cartridges steady while Garry filled them with the gunpowder .
14	The federal army said it was holding the ring between Serb raiders and Croat policemen .
15	Carrie came into the room carrying a plate of cheese sandwiches followed by Nellie who was holding the large enamel teapot in both hands .
16	She compares it with what she thinks is the right behaviour , judges what is wrong ( in this case , everything was right except the way Nina was holding the hammer ) , and then corrects the mistake by demonstrating the right way .
17	In 1911–12 Major Morrison-Bell MP constructed a model to demonstrate these disparities of distribution and had toured the country with it for propaganda purposes ; the obvious over-representation of Ireland was especially useful to a Unionist party that wished to claim that Redmond was holding the Empire to ransom .
18	Suddenly Lok understood that the man was holding the stick out to him but neither he nor Lok could reach across the river .
19	The voice on the telephone seemed to be sharp and peremptory , but I did n't hear too well what it said — partly because I was only half awake and partly because I was holding the receiver upside down .
20	He was holding the grenade above his head , ready to throw .
21	The defendant accepted as a fact that he was holding the revolver when the fatal shot was discharged , but the case for the defence was that the revolver went off accidentally in the course of a struggle during which the defendant forcibly placed Paulette in the driver 's seat .
22	He was holding the gun out like a target-shooter , everything wrong , and he did n't speak because he could n't think of a thing to say .
23	‘ No time to say really — but we were just about off , and I was holding the books for Dad when he said , ‘ I 'd best get those papers for old Holroyd . ’
24	Dawson 's reply came from a distance ; he was holding the phone away from his mouth .
25	David was holding the strings in a pattern Julia had never seen before .
26	Kubitsky was holding the weapon , but it was Sandor who was smiling as he watched the others — Yuan , Zukov , Mubarak , even Vorontseff — as they climbed unarmed from the hatch .
27	He was holding the animal 's head up by its antlers and looking shyly pleased at the camera .
28	One animal was holding the rest back ; limping heavily .
29	Duvall was holding the gun now as he looked down at him , breathing heavily .
30	And all the while , while he was handing him the plate of meat and bread , and while he was holding the cup to the trembling lips , a little silvery voice was beating inside Fergus 's head : this is all wrong .