Example sentences of "they [be] hold the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well they 're holding the government |
| 2 | No they 're holding the cats . |
| 3 | Relations with South Africa deteriorated further [ see p. 39178 ] when on Dec. 1 the Angolan authorities announced that they were holding the crew of a South African plane which had made an emergency landing in Luena , Moxico province . |
| 4 | Will be passed on , but in this instance they all need to be shown how to work it , yes , mhm , so that concerned me a little bit , apparently because they were holding the mike right up to their mouth and it was distorting terribly what 's going on up there |
| 5 | You 'd have to suspect that they were holding the wife to ransom so that her husband would give them access . ’ |
| 6 | His rigorous moral choice against communism strengthened a sense of moral superiority among the Germans , who felt that they were holding the fort for the free world : |