Example sentences of "holding [adv prt] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was holding on to the tree but I pulled it off . |
| 2 | He stood between Kevin and Damon , holding on to the upright , saying nothing . |
| 3 | Her toes were on the beam , her arms above her head , holding on to the top of the gates . |
| 4 | It was never , as we have seen , the Labour government 's intention that the independence of India should be the prelude to a general nunc dimittis , and this disposes of the plausible notion that once India was gone the pointlessness of holding on to the rest of the dependent empire , supposedly acquired to protect the sea routes to Bombay , was immediately perceived . |
| 5 | you can give further encouragement by holding on to the leash in the early stages of teaching this command . |
| 6 | But I think that was when I was in the sea holding on to the bit of foam , and more or less just let myself float under the water , but me arm was round the top of the bit of foam , on the surface , and I think it got burnt by the the heat off the platform then . |
| 7 | ‘ How d' you know I 've got an 'urt leg ? ’ asked Dolly suspiciously , holding on to the door frame for support . |
| 8 | They tried to intimidate me by holding on to the furniture . |
| 9 | This done , she whipped up a piece of tape , which she tied some inches from the bottom ; then , while still holding on to the hair with one hand , her other hand shot out and pulled open a drawer from which she grabbed a pair of large scissors . |
| 10 | While she was wondering this , holding on to the rail with a wet slippery hand , feeling the heat rise and thicken , the train belched again and this movement , much more powerful than before , shifted and heaved the people around her to enclose her in a kind of human tide . |
| 11 | When she recovered she was holding on to the edge of the table for balance . |
| 12 | The most important thing to remember about juggling is that , if you throw the ball well , the catch will look after itself , except for those one in ten people who have great difficulty in holding on to the ball . |
| 13 | He said we were holding on to the ball , but we wanted it to come out . |
| 14 | With toes pointed downwards , raise the extended leg 6ins ( 15cm ) off the floor , leaning right over to the opposite side for balance and holding on to the ankle in front of you . |
| 15 | With toes pointed , raise the extended leg 6ins ( 1 5cm ) , leaning over to the opposite side for balance and holding on to the ankle in front . |
| 16 | Stop holding on to the wall like that ! ’ |
| 17 | She paused in the doorway , holding on to the wall as she felt the weakness spreading . |
| 18 | I carry with me the tattered remnants of this psychic structure : there is no way of not working hard , nothing in the end but an endurance that will allow me to absorb everything by the way of difficulty , holding on to the grave . |
| 19 | If it feels like the penis is getting soft during sex , try holding on to the base of the condom . |
| 20 | As he does this , holding on to the condom around the base avoids spilling semen or losing the condom inside the vagina or anus . |
| 21 | Lee was behind him , holding on to the back of his anorak and bumping him with the torch . |
| 22 | I stood up , holding on to the back of my chair , my heart beating like a hammer . |
| 23 | If the current yield on the CTD bond exceeds the money market interest rate , the bond will be delivered on the last business day of the month , because the short earns more by holding on to the bond than by delivering it and investing the proceeds in the money market ; otherwise the bond will be delivered on the first business day of the month . |
| 24 | they are caught , often , in a conflict between holding on to the security of their childhood dependence and striking out for independence . |
| 25 | She was slurring her words and holding on to the bar-top for support . |
| 26 | These are women holding on to the value of their tears , but there are many others who have been made to feel ashamed . |
| 27 | And the thing about Fingers was always black now with holding on to the thingummy and then putting in drifts , and hammering , your fingers was get er drift was always on a in a a pan a wee pan with oil in it , drift was always full of oil and you stuck it in the hole . |
| 28 | Then I realised this was unusual for an owl , because in the wild they tend to swallow their prey whole , so I simply stopped holding on to the chick and soon she was gobbling it up in one . |
| 29 | They can walk along this passage holding hands in a human chain , holding on to the Dwarf , and be guided to either of two locations . |
| 30 | I have added a further £25 because I have appreciated holding on to the material for so long . |