Example sentences of "[being] hold [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most types of glider should be showing a very small amount of rudder being held on into the turn . |
| 2 | The funerals are being held today of the seven people who died when Loyalist gunmen attacked a bar at Greysteel in County Londonderry on Saturday night . |
| 3 | A crisis meeting was being held today at the National Trust 's Victorian Crown Bar opposite the Europa . |
| 4 | Missed departure cover is particularly important because there is more chance of being held up on the way to the airport in winter than in summer . |
| 5 | Pre-tax profits this year will be lower than last year 's £42.3m and the shares , which slipped 1.5p to 127p , are only being held up by the Coats offer , worth 133p . |
| 6 | At a meeting in Harare of African finance officials in July 1989 , it was argued that development is being held up by the tendency for government policy-makers to be involved in short-term crisis management for structural adjustment programmes , and responding to the demands of large numbers of foreign advisers . |
| 7 | If I was n't being held up by the man 's gripping hand hauling me through the ferns I feel like I 'd fall down . |
| 8 | Seated at his tiny desk beneath the window , Richard was intent on the word-pictures being held up by the kindly faced tutor . |
| 9 | In the wild , the Green Chromides creche their young , a shoal being held together under the protection of the whole adult group , led by one dominant pair . |
| 10 | This is being held in at the Irish Centre on York Road in Leeds and is an informal chance to chat with current members of that group . |
| 11 | He says that the fire is being held in by the collapsed roof , they want to let air get to it so it will burn itself out . |
| 12 | She said that while the carrot of jobs was being held out to the local community , local people would only be used for the most menial of tasks . |
| 13 | Joffre himself was jubilant at the news of the German attacks being held all along the line , proclaiming victory and standing by to take most of the credit himself . |