Example sentences of "[adv] holding [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wrangle over airline stakes has already forced British Airways to rethink its plans , and the much wider argument over farm policies is still holding up the long-delayed Uruguay round of GATT talks on the further liberalisation of international trade . |
| 2 | She stared at him from behind the barrier of her flowers , wordlessly holding out the paper-wrapped roses . |
| 3 | ‘ Have another chocolate , love , ’ Michael invites her , smilingly holding out the dish . |
| 4 | Mrs Maybury was now holding out the baby to her , and it was stroking her face . |
| 5 | Still , that 's what we all go for is n't it , to manfully plough through two foot deep mudholes in our be-trainered feet , to boldly stand in the pouring rain clad in only a T-shirt and to remain under canvas for three days whilst simultaneously holding both the tent and a beer can in a force nine gale ! |
| 6 | The horses were reined in and a man-at-arms plunged into the stream , presently triumphantly holding up the dripping book , which was returned to the anxious Queen . |
| 7 | Drag and Drop , a facility to move and copy text by selecting it and then holding down the mouse button , is now included . |
| 8 | Parental responsibility should be treated as the greatest and most important undertaking of human life , albeit the one potentially holding out the promise of the greatest happiness . |
| 9 | Then , while Leith was again holding down the urge to hit him , and seeing that he 'd prefer not to sack her without just cause — thereby deeply offending his cousin — he had bent and picked up his briefcase . |
| 10 | Resistance from left-wing militia forces and loyalist Civil and Assault Guards was intermittently intense but incapable of seriously holding up the advance . |
| 11 | It is hardly surprising that the Largo of No. 88 , one of the loveliest slow movements that Haydn ever wrote , should encourage expansive treatment , but Kuijken makes it far too heavy , seriously holding up the flow of the great melody with overemphasis and exaggerated pauses , all made the more obtrusive without continuo . |