Example sentences of "[pers pn] was hold [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 When she recovered she was holding on to the edge of the table for balance .
2 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 .
3 He was giving her orders : she was to hold on to the edge of the pool and breathe deeply in and out .
4 She was most welcoming and wanted their children to have their friends in , she was a neighbourly woman , but if those children were still what she called ‘ hanging around ’ by the time dinner was ready and she was held up in the business of getting the evening meal dealt with , it put her out .
5 She was held down on the bed whilst a variety of sexual acts were performed on her .
6 It was holding on to the tree but I pulled it off .
7 It was held in with the present public excluded but now we seem to have a completely different situation .
8 He was holding on to the hand of one of the passengers who was bleeding rather badly .
9 When I changed buses there was just time to get the sweets and bananas — the bananas were very good today ; and on the other bus there was a nice driver who said that if I sat near the front he would let me off at the crossing if he was held up in the traffic , instead of my going on to the bus stop and having to walk back ; because of the rain . ’
10 Robert Crehan claims he was held down as the body building star repeatedly kicked him .
11 Although she had never read any of his books , she was well aware of the high regard he was held in in the literary world .
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