Example sentences of "be holding [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the Moroccan authorities are holding onto the body and that 's angered Private Morrison 's Abingdon based family . |
| 2 | Food and medicine reached the eastern town of Zepa , but there was still no aid distribution in Sarajevo , despite a unilateral , nationwide cease-fire called by Bosnia 's Muslim president , Alija Izetbegovic , which appeared to be holding around the capital , although fighting was reported elsewhere in the country . |
| 3 | At the beginning of September approval was given for the part sale of Israel Chemicals ( IC ) , the most profitable state enterprise with the eventual goal of reducing the state 's holding in the company to 28 per cent . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , in Eritrea , to the north , a de facto ceasefire is holding between the government and the Eritrean People 's Liberation Front ( EPLF ) , which is seeking independence for Eritrea . |
| 5 | Alina was holding onto the door , because the six steps that she 'd taken to reach it had almost been enough to exhaust her ; Belov dusted off his hands and came over to her now , and he took her by the shoulders and turned her around and steered her back toward the bed that she 'd just left . |
| 6 | And when because the family doctor really know whe anything that was happening but was holding on the phone over the phone , oh he 's got a pain you know . |
| 7 | ‘ But I never connected the baby I was holding with the baby who was kidnapped . |
| 8 | He spilled the large container of orange juice he was holding across the bar towards the spot where X was seated . |