Example sentences of "was hold [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this morning Beth Christie was brighter than usual ; she planned to shop for the dinner party she was holding later in the week . |
| 2 | ‘ Look what I 've brought you ! ’ he told us all , unwrapping something he was holding carefully in his arms . |
| 3 | It was estimated by the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) that Iraq was holding up to 40,000 Iranian PoWs ( more than half of them unregistered as such ) and that Iran held up to 70,000 Iraqi PoWs ( of whom some 50,000 were registered ) . |
| 4 | She was holding on for dear life , leaning into him , lifting on tiptoe so that he could gather her close , hold her tightly in his arms , while his tongue slipped into her mouth , while his hand swept up her ribs and lightly cupped her breast … |
| 5 | He was holding on to the hand of one of the passengers who was bleeding rather badly . |
| 6 | The woman was holding on to him with one arm , and with the other she was pounding him on the back , very hard . |
| 7 | I associated the whole family thing with being older and I was holding on to my youth . |
| 8 | It was the latter who , ignoring the red-faced Maxwell whose wife was holding on to his arm , asked the Consul General : |
| 9 | Nellie was holding on to his arm as they walked out into the corridor and he felt her tense . |
| 10 | When she recovered she was holding on to the edge of the table for balance . |
| 11 | It was holding on to the tree but I pulled it off . |
| 12 | And then she was holding on to the branches , feeling where the Robemaker had hacked and sawn at them , knowing she must be hurting the Larch even more , and trying to be as gentle as possible . |
| 13 | His attorney 's girlfriend was holding on to his legs as he went through the things that were wrong with his life , in broken English . |
| 14 | Even through the pain in her head where Guido was holding on to her hair the plain facts of what he was saying were finally sinking in . |
| 15 | Fabia was holding on to him as much as Ven was holding on to her when their lips met . |
| 16 | Fabia was holding on to him as much as Ven was holding on to her when their lips met . |
| 17 | Mr Hollings confirmed that Dowding was holding on to its 8.7pc stake in T&C , built up in the run-up to and during the launch of the takeover bid . |
| 18 | I was so cold today , yeah , I got a , I filled up that kettle and I boiled it and I got , I was holding on to it and I fell backwards on to my bed and I burnt myself |
| 19 | She was holding on by a thread . |
| 20 | Mrs Sweet was holding out on the police . |
| 21 | Suddenly Angela , who was gazing at the red mack her mummy was holding out to her , gave a gasp . |
| 22 | She took the mug he was holding out to her , eyeing its contents suspiciously . |
| 23 | And , as she raised her eyes , Ronni broke into a smile as she caught sight of the plate he was holding out to her . |
| 24 | What I was holding out for hung on a pretty slender thread and I could n't let my life be dominated by it . |
| 25 | Instead , he was holding out like a carrot a heart-stopping headlong plunge into a new dimension of existence . |
| 26 | AN UNEASY truce was holding yesterday after fights erupted between cockle pickers on a West Wales beach . |
| 27 | AN UNEASY truce was holding yesterday after fights erupted between feuding cocklers on a West Wales beach . |
| 28 | She had been friends with Annie long enough to know when she was holding back on her . |
| 29 | She sensed that he was holding back with a massive effort , suppressing his own hunger with iron discipline . |
| 30 | The Brigadier , a little flushed with good wine , was holding forth about the qualities of modern officers . |