Example sentences of "was holding [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was holding Jacqueline , who seemed to trust him , by the hand and Samantha was on his other side . |
| 2 | Jules continued to chatter while her mind digested the fact that she was holding Lucenzo 's handkerchief — yet the initials on it were LC . |
| 3 | The Japanese government , which also strongly supported a return to commercial whaling , announced that it was holding talks with Russia and South Korea with a view to setting up a similar organization for " rational exploitation " of marine mammals in the north Pacific . |
| 4 | The Corporal had two M-16s by the carrying handles in his right and was holding Kaptan 's hand with the left . |
| 5 | She was holding Laura up , because if she 'd let Laura go she would have slumped to the ground . |
| 6 | Nobody had called Donald down to supper , that was the reason , and he was holding Nathan responsible . |
| 7 | Yeah he was holding loads of glasses . |
| 8 | From Alan , Steward of the King of Scots , who was holding Bute from King William I the Lion around 1200 , is descended by one line Charles , Prince of Wales , the present Duke of Rothesay , and by another John Crighton Stuart , Sixth Marquess of Bute and the present Captain and Keeper of Rothesay Castle . |
| 9 | Garvey was holding Izzie out over the lower trapdoor , one arm round her waist and the other across her throat . |
| 10 | In what was considered to be a goodwill gesture to back their peace proposal , the cartel released Juan Vitta , an editor of the magazine Hoy por Hoy and one of seven journalists the cartel was holding hostage [ see also p. 37772 issue ] , on Nov. 26 in the city of Medellín . |
| 11 | The nun was holding Eve 's thin hand . |
| 12 | And people say they noticed how tightly O was holding Boy , pulling him closer and closer to him , as if he was clutching at him ; and how he smelt Boy too , taking in big draughts of the air around him , as if he was a man just escaped from drowning holding onto something and pulling the sweet night air down into his lungs in great grateful gulps . |
| 13 | Oh , dear God , she was holding Maria Luisa 's child in her arms . |
| 14 | Someone was holding hostages . |
| 15 | At a time when a deranged man was holding hostages at gunpoint , the newspaper splashed on its front page : |
| 16 | There he found Ann sweeping dirt out of the front door into the street , and inside , Sam Gristy , who was holding Martha 's hand and looking like a cat that 's stolen the clotted cream . |
| 17 | Somewhere in the smoky crowd the authoress and photographer , Jill Freedman from New York , was holding court . |
| 18 | Ken Bradshaw was holding court among a handful of Waimea veterans . |
| 19 | Before a concert in Manchester on the ‘ Bizarro ’ tour , Gedge was holding court with about six fanzine editors while Solowka sat just outside the circle , counting out huge wads of money from a leather briefcase . |
| 20 | Childhood friend Lesley Nolin said : ‘ She was holding court in Molly 's Bar where people wear jeans , baggy sweaters and drink beers for a dollar . ’ |
| 21 | King Yul Brynner reached a stage in his career where he seemed to feel he was holding court over all else about him , whether British or American . |
| 22 | What parties they 'd been to when they were young , and Tom Reynard was holding court for his friends and their children . |
| 23 | The waiters were all busy at that moment so I picked up a full glass from the table and fought my way to where she was holding court in the middle of the mass — standing up , of course . |
| 24 | I left him to muse on my brilliance and joined Rex in the quiet corner , where the brat was holding court . |
| 25 | Iraq was holding foreigners , he said , " to give all parties concerned time to think and to allow time for dialogue " . |
| 26 | Rachel glanced at the first-aider who was holding Len 's head . |
| 27 | He was holding Maidstone 's hat in both hands , turning it , feeding the brim inch by inch through his fingers . |
| 28 | On Oct. 19 , 1989 , the government confirmed that it was holding Gen. François Bozize and 11 other opposition figures who had fled to Benin after an abortive coup attempt in 1982 . |
| 29 | Richard was holding Beth 's other hand , but he was not so composed because everything around him was too exciting for a boy of such tender years , and so he skipped , and laughed , and sang , and teased Cissie about her ‘ po-face ’ . |
| 30 | It occurred to her that the way she was holding Peach was the way a woman holds a baby and she lowered him gently into her lap . |