Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] hold the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ More or less , but I 've a feeling Nevil was holding the car door at the time . ’ |
| 2 | I like it 'cos you know when Daphne had a car crash , just because Jamie was in the car , my brother said that Jamie crashed the car and when the coffee shop blew up … my brother said 'cos Bronwyn was holding the baby when she saw it , he said that Jamie blew the coffee shop up [ laughs ] . |
| 3 | David was holding the strings in a pattern Julia had never seen before . |
| 4 | Kubitsky was holding the weapon , but it was Sandor who was smiling as he watched the others — Yuan , Zukov , Mubarak , even Vorontseff — as they climbed unarmed from the hatch . |
| 5 | In 1911–12 Major Morrison-Bell MP constructed a model to demonstrate these disparities of distribution and had toured the country with it for propaganda purposes ; the obvious over-representation of Ireland was especially useful to a Unionist party that wished to claim that Redmond was holding the Empire to ransom . |
| 6 | In terms of the pacing of his own career , Wigglesworth is holding the reins tightly . |
| 7 | At the time of writing , committee member Jill Hewett is holding the fort in Convocation Office several mornings a week , whilst we seek a replacement . |
| 8 | The photo might have been modelled on those sent by the Red Brigades during the Moro kidnapping , but where those middle-class intellectuals had used the centre-left Repubblica to mark the date , Ruggiero Miletti was holding the Nazione , just the kind of paper which a bunch of good Catholic boys like the kidnappers would choose . |
| 9 | He is well aware however , that ‘ if USL were to hold the keys for an industry standard specification there would be problems , ’ and concedes that ‘ one supplier ca n't fill in everything — the USL issue is recognised . ’ |
| 10 | They said they would cut both babies ' throats and held a long kitchen knife to Salman 's throat , while Tanwaru was holding the child |
| 11 | Rosa was holding the baby , by the window . |
| 12 | She compares it with what she thinks is the right behaviour , judges what is wrong ( in this case , everything was right except the way Nina was holding the hammer ) , and then corrects the mistake by demonstrating the right way . |
| 13 | Raymond-Guillaume was to hold the salle ( hall with living quarters ) while Guillaume held the tower . |