Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] hold [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | at the time , I thought , ‘ This is ridiculous , I 'm holding these boys back ’ because I was also managing a singer called Marc Bolan , and in the quieter moments , he and David would decorate my office to fill in the time , but I said to them that I had just run out of money and could n't afford to carry on — I 'd taken no commission from either of them at the time — so I went off to Spain to think about my next move and released them both from their contracts . ’ |
| 2 | She was holding some sheets of typed paper in her hand . |
| 3 | They are holding automatic rifles and wearing steel helmets . |
| 4 | They 're holding urgent discussions with the manufacturers to trace all the mixers sold . |
| 5 | It is holding open days in its Stanley , Middlesbrough and Washington stores , supposedly in support of the Rokermen . |
| 6 | There is a 50 gallon mark on the 4′ tank but I have filled it higher than that and it is holding 65 gallons . |
| 7 | Though it was holding weekly meetings in the 1920s it was no new group , having started a hundred years previously in a London coffee house where members met to discuss debtors and exchange information about how best to deal with bad payers . |
| 8 | It was to hold 26 cars . |
| 9 | If they did , it was held two months later . |
| 10 | Adam found he was holding both hands clamped over his mouth . |