Example sentences of "be hold [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're holding out for a wedding-ring , ’ he said flatly . |
| 2 | They must think we 're holding out on them . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're holding back on me . ’ |
| 4 | In the end she proved , and many women police officers are proving , that it is now the men who are holding on to their apron strings . |
| 5 | Perfect or absolute Truth , which is known by faith , is beyond our empirical grasp which means that we must act in the knowledge that we are holding on to such truth as we are able to apprehend in this world . |
| 6 | and I 've re I have quite a high awareness about women 's position in society , but because of that I feel that I 've now come to reject the term feminism because erm I think it 's also harming the people who , you know , it 's harming the women that are holding on to that er , label because it is label and that is erm because it 's , because it 's a label it then it 's blocking er forms progress for women . |
| 7 | From the age of about six months , your baby will enjoy splashing and kicking in the bath , as long as you are holding on to her . |
| 8 | They more or less called him a fool when he tried to change back into whatever it was our current whatever it was and if that 's the case erm Hungar Hungarians are holding on to this two thousand pound , it 's surety is n't it ? |
| 9 | The move will be seen as a further step towards a possible post-election deal between Labour and the Liberal Democrats , who are holding out for a commitment to PR for the Commons as a pre-condition of backing a minority government . |
| 10 | This leaves those who are holding out for more in a very unfavourable position . |
| 11 | So you figure if you come across with what the good looking girls are holding out on … ’ |
| 12 | Mercifully , at a time of recession when sellers are holding back in many key areas of the market , bankruptcy and death are always with us . |
| 13 | Not surprisingly , few farmers like this and are holding back from selling . |
| 14 | Liverpool have been holding on since November 9 for news of the left-sided 22-year-old while government officials check to see if there are any objections from the FA or Players ' Union . |
| 15 | Seeing Anthea each day would be a constant reminder , and neither woman could deny that the masks of civility each had been holding up to the other for months were now trampled underfoot . |
| 16 | If you have been holding off before making changes , now is the time for making some new beginnings . |
| 17 | Only that she must have been holding out on him all these years , that she did have memories which she had covered up or , to give her the benefit of the doubt , conveniently forgotten about . |
| 18 | East Belfast-based midfielder Keery ( 28 ) has been holding out for a better deal than the one on offer . |
| 19 | ‘ We 're absolutely delighted with the statement because people have definitely been holding back on buying cars , ’ says Ian . |
| 20 | And the question I had been holding down with my domestic frenzy , my sorting and tidying , my focus on Matter , burst through : would the decay have set in ? |
| 21 | But he found that the job that awaited him there was several rungs lower than the job he had been holding down in the UK . |
| 22 | ‘ Do you still think I am holding back on Surere ? ’ |
| 23 | I believe the frat kid may be holding back in order to avoid hurting the ailing legend . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't know about anyone else , ’ said Jay , in the eerily calm eye of the storm , ‘ but you seemed to want me , seemed to be holding back from me and I do n't know why . |
| 25 | Potential suitors are believed to be holding off from making outright bids for fear that there may be further black holes in Ferranti 's balance sheet . |
| 26 | Can you see what I 'm holding up in my and this morning ? |
| 27 | to be held up towards the moon on television |
| 28 | Nick points are often difficult to distinguish from breaks of slope caused by hard bands of rock , especially as nick points will tend to be held up on such hard beds through the difficulty of eroding resistant rock . |
| 29 | And you may also be held up on the A three six one at Wardington where there are some temporary traffic lights , that 's just north of Banbury . |
| 30 | Should the person in charge of the chart see any item that was likely to fall behind , he pinned a flag at this particular point , and if the article was likely to be held up for want of raw material a blue flag was pinned up ; but if this delay was due to one or other of the works departments getting behind with the manufacture , a red flag with a numeral upon it was used , which indicated the shop or department . |