Example sentences of "holding [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sonia Hogg displayed similarly adept pace judgement to take her second successive bronze medal in the 3,000 metres , this time improving her personal best to 9 mins 42.48 secs and holding off the fast-finishing Scottish international Christine Price as Sarah Bentley of Crewe took the title in 9:36.37 . |
| 2 | ‘ Present from Alan behind the bar , ’ said Sarah , drawing out the glass she had been holding behind the frilly apron the waitresses at the Right and Wrong had to wear . |
| 3 | I scramble down a muddy , leaf-littered bank and into a chilly stream at the bottom ; it flows over one boot and I whisper , ‘ Shit ’ and squelch up the far bank , holding onto the cold branches of bushes and the mud-slimy roots of trees . |
| 4 | Much of the family 's influence derived not from land , but from office holding within the royal demesne , and the implications of this tend to be overlooked . |
| 5 | Much of the family 's influence derived not from land , but from office holding within the royal demesne , and the implications of this tend to be overlooked . |
| 6 | a game played by holding in the closed hand one or two items , the other player having to guess at the number . |
| 7 | Erm operating profit therefore down eleven percent , that 's er the ongoing businesses plus of course the impact of the erm er the sale of er Elsevere are holding in the first erm up to ten weeks of ninety one . |
| 8 | Elaine closed her eyes and breathed deeply , holding in the sweet scent of blossoming magnolia . |
| 9 | Thrust your elbows back 15 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 10 | Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 15 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 11 | Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 15 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 12 | Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 15 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 13 | Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 20 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 14 | Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 20 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 15 | With arms bent at shoulder level , thrust your elbows back 20 times holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 16 | Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 25 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 17 | Conversion is achieved by transferring the nominee holding to the beneficial owner . |
| 18 | If deep love exists and that loving is complete , then this blend and harmony can be brought about by all forms of physical closeness — from touching and holding to the complete sexual act . |
| 19 | Ruskin 's espousal of a craftsmanly aesthetics , Robinson points out , is grounded in Christian convictions about the humility proper to a fallen creature : lacking such grounds , Pound 's holding to the craftsmanly not only seems arbitrary and unargued , it is as often presumptuous as humble . |
| 20 | The problem comes when your parents have a slight concern for what you are doing , ( as mine do ) , + it gives the impression that you are still tightly holding to the old apron-strings . |