Example sentences of "[noun sg] holding [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The erotic implications of the subject , the motif of the figure holding back the curtain and the very prominent position of the still lifes , call to mind such works by Cézanne as l'Eternel Féminin , the various Temptations of St. Anthony and the Après-Midi à Naples . |
| 2 | You 've the body of an angel holding out the lure of forbidden fruit , yet you 're as insubstantial as a nymph who flits through the mountain streams . |
| 3 | First , through the City with a policeman holding up the traffic with an impassive countenance which implied that he would do the same for the Seventh Day Adventists , the Anti-Vivisection Society or the Paddington Communist Party . |
| 4 | The careful and precise manner in which these financial arrangements were laid down suggests that many who served saw the war as essentially a business enterprise holding out the promise of substantial rewards for those who were fortunate or who distinguished themselves in the field . |
| 5 | Its two-hundred-foot-high tower is surmounted by a dome on which stands a golden Virgin holding aloft the Christ-child . |
| 6 | Services of Thanksgiving were held in all churches and very well attended , and in cinemas when Mr Chamberlain was shown on Pathe News holding up the document , audiences stood and cheered . |
| 7 | He bent to pick something up , then came round the side of the bed holding out the transistor . |
| 8 | ‘ Have you been resting ? ’ he asked , his voice holding only the cool politeness a host would show to his guest . |
| 9 | The Dodger slid out of his coat in one smooth movement , leaving Fagin holding only the empty coat . |