Example sentences of "holding [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I eased down , just holding on for the silver medal , but it was the end of my Commonwealth Games . |
| 2 | The path to the abbey ruins was under water , but I managed to keep dry by sidling along the edge , holding on to a fence . |
| 3 | In the legend of Theseus , in Greek mythology , he prevented himself from getting lost in the Cretan labyrinth by holding on to a silken thread . |
| 4 | The horses were being led and one of the men was limping badly and supporting himself by holding on to a stirrup . |
| 5 | He accepts then the necessity to permit the destruction of some forms of life , while at the same time holding on to a firm belief in the essential unity of all life and the principle of non-violence . |
| 6 | Occasionally they walk upright along a branch , grasping it with their toes but always holding on to a branch above their heads with their hands . |
| 7 | She would speak of the necessity of holding on to a framework of belief , a reasonable percentage of belie |
| 8 | You 've got an S O four with two bonds on it and it 's holding on to a hydrogen |
| 9 | ‘ You 're all right , though ? ’ he said at last , holding on to a Gorgonzola . |
| 10 | In the story , Frank had to be seen shooting through the roof of the church moments later and holding on to a cross , before being rescued by a helicopter . |
| 11 | Toddlers often rose on their toes , held their legs stiffly , and rocked back and forth holding on to a piece of furniture or onto the parent . |
| 12 | The snow hook is actually on the end of the tow line so that in the unlikely event of the karabiner unhooking — as it did once on me — — the hook stays close to you giving you an outside chance of holding on to the team . |
| 13 | He was holding on to the hand of one of the passengers who was bleeding rather badly . |
| 14 | Valenzuela , holding on to the killer 's hand , dislodged his friend 's corpse . |
| 15 | Lee was behind him , holding on to the back of his anorak and bumping him with the torch . |
| 16 | Her toes were on the beam , her arms above her head , holding on to the top of the gates . |
| 17 | they are caught , often , in a conflict between holding on to the security of their childhood dependence and striking out for independence . |
| 18 | Holding on to the railings , he moved down the passage between the church and the presbytery . |
| 19 | We watched her sway away holding on to the rails , her high curls shining , her figure neat , her intense musky scent lingering like a memory in the air after she herself had gone . |
| 20 | Miss Phoebe gave her head a slight shake , holding on to the arms of her chair as if it would save her from drowning . |
| 21 | The most important thing to remember about juggling is that , if you throw the ball well , the catch will look after itself , except for those one in ten people who have great difficulty in holding on to the ball . |
| 22 | It was never , as we have seen , the Labour government 's intention that the independence of India should be the prelude to a general nunc dimittis , and this disposes of the plausible notion that once India was gone the pointlessness of holding on to the rest of the dependent empire , supposedly acquired to protect the sea routes to Bombay , was immediately perceived . |
| 23 | Note the tension produced by holding on to the passing note of A♯ in bars 12 and 16 , and the ‘ heavy ’ sound of the minor 3rd ( G natural ) against the E7 chord in bar 18 , anticipating the ♭7th of the A7 to follow . |
| 24 | With toes pointed downwards , raise the extended leg 6ins ( 15cm ) off the floor , leaning right over to the opposite side for balance and holding on to the ankle in front of you . |
| 25 | With toes pointed , raise the extended leg 6ins ( 1 5cm ) , leaning over to the opposite side for balance and holding on to the ankle in front . |
| 26 | Stop holding on to the wall like that ! ’ |
| 27 | Then I realised this was unusual for an owl , because in the wild they tend to swallow their prey whole , so I simply stopped holding on to the chick and soon she was gobbling it up in one . |
| 28 | If it feels like the penis is getting soft during sex , try holding on to the base of the condom . |
| 29 | As he does this , holding on to the condom around the base avoids spilling semen or losing the condom inside the vagina or anus . |
| 30 | you can give further encouragement by holding on to the leash in the early stages of teaching this command . |