Example sentences of "be holding on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said we were holding on to the ball , but we wanted it to come out . |
| 2 | He was holding on to the hand of one of the passengers who was bleeding rather badly . |
| 3 | When she recovered she was holding on to the edge of the table for balance . |
| 4 | It was holding on to the tree but I pulled it off . |
| 5 | 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 . |