Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [adv] hold the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We pull him away beneath the trees ; in his other hand , Andy is still holding the branch we hit him with . |
| 2 | Mary Ann was still holding the plate of temptation over the table . |
| 3 | The same Irish track plays host tomorrow to the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup and though there are no FitzGerald raiders this time , Yorkshire is again holding the ace hand with Jodami , second favourite for the next month 's Cheltenham Gold Cup . |
| 4 | Prentice was still holding the little Lifeboat flag , twirling the pin between his fingers . |
| 5 | There was confusion in Cairo and Alexandria , and , in the Western Desert , Auchinleck was desperately holding the Alamein Line . |
| 6 | I was doing the scrubbing and Changez was miserably holding the bucket in the deserted shop and asking me if I had any more Harold Robbins novels he could borrow . |
| 7 | Agnes was now holding the coat up before her . |