Example sentences of "[was/were] hold [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People would still be living here who had been in residence since before the war and were holding on to controlled tenancies until dislodged by offers of cash or other accommodation , but they would not be there much longer . |
| 2 | Even junior clubs were holding on to their players . |
| 3 | They often looked very strained to Anna , as if they were holding on to their loyalty for dear life . |
| 4 | He said we were holding on to the ball , but we wanted it to come out . |
| 5 | The Light Blues had a half-length lead at the Old Ship but with Gardiner setting an excellent rhythm , and with Davy , Maclennan and Bridge backing magnificently , Oxford were holding on in flat water . |
| 6 | Yeah well I du n no maybe I was gon na say is because what we 'd like you to do in your feedback is actually give you a feedback using the style that you were holding back on . |
| 7 | None of the sixty-five racers were holding back at Fairford . |
| 8 | On Oct. 25 , the USSR Supreme Soviet appealed to republics who were holding back from signing the economic community treaty , saying that " the chaotic disintegration of the republics of the former union may further destabilize the situation and exacerbate interrepublican relations " . |
| 9 | You know , erm , you know what sort of gross salary and you know and there was , you were holding back in a way erm tt and why you did n't wan na discuss your hobbies you know where you were losing it |
| 10 | The scuttlebutt says their contracts were not yet signed and that the pair were holding out for better terms and conditions . |
| 11 | The scuttlebutt says their contracts were not yet signed and that the pair were holding out for better terms and conditions . |
| 12 | The official trade unions , thought to be linked to conservatives in the communist party , were holding out for 100% wage indexation . |
| 13 | Mahdi Mohammed loyalists were holding out in the northern fringes of the capital . |
| 14 | If they were held on to the animal or plant would die . |
| 15 | She turned as her maid appeared from the anteroom with two dresses , one gold and one white , which were held up for Jane 's inspection.Jane pointed to the pale gold dress then returned her attention to the mirror . |
| 16 | shades they were made in Finland they were the paper pleated ones , er , most of them , no , no not most of them , a lot of them fitted er close up onto the ceiling where they 're intended for centre lights and were held up onto the ceiling with a little spring , erm , they also did some quite nice pleated paper shades , er at a time when you find that most electrical shops were , would have er the old type of erm what is it , imitation silk shades with fringes round them , er fringe at the top and fringe at the bottom and so on sort of thing , when the , when those was sort of old of age everywhere , it was just the same as it 'd been before the war , er it was , you know , quite right really to see these all in different colours , completely plain , but pleated shades but in just one particular colour each shade . |
| 17 | THERE was a time when nepotism and fleecing the public purse were associated with Third World countries , while our government and civil service were held up as models of rectitude . |
| 18 | The restoration of four paintings from the partially destroyed National Museum of Art in Bucharest , carried out by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in late 1989 ; fundraising , and collaboration on exhibitions were held up as examples of past successes . |
| 19 | Gregorian chant and classical polyphony were held up as models for liturgical music , whilst music which was regarded as operatic or theatrical was discouraged . |
| 20 | Like Mr Thompson they were held up at gunpoint by two men near their hotel . |
| 21 | And then we were held up at a place because some of our tanks e e the seventy ninth armoured division was er holding all the special tanks er which were flamethrowers and flails and all these sort of things . |
| 22 | He wore a crisp white collarless shirt with the sleeves well rolled up and his baggy grey trousers were held up with a piece of string . |
| 23 | Amid protest marches and demonstrations , over a period of weeks some two dozen lorries carrying live animal imports were held up on French roads and in a few cases the animals were slaughtered or burned alive . |
| 24 | However , as soon as they moved on to a more public and active presentation of their demands then councillors condemned this activity , the demands themselves were ignored , and the groups were held up to public ridicule as a threat to democracy and the general interest . |
| 25 | The Party 's leaders were held up to the public 's scrutiny ; it was not the Party 's fault that some , those with speech defects in particular , failed to receive the customary standing ovation after their speeches from an enthusiastic conference , or that others , standing some way up the ladder of promotion , were pinched for drunken driving . |
| 26 | They arrived at 1 pm. and were held up by Immigration Officers . |
| 27 | Their supply ships were held up by contrary winds , and Edward was faced with no alternative but an inglorious retreat to England . |
| 28 | Our passes were only valid for Arussi ; consequently , when we reached Haro , a small administrative post further down the banks of the Webi , we were held up by Abyssinian officials and a mob of their compatriots . |
| 29 | But they were held up by complications in getting visas . |
| 30 | On a similar subject , THAT PETROL EMOTION were held up in Derry ( the place , not the EMF sex-god ) last week . |