Example sentences of "[noun] holding a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mother , daughter and father with son on his shoulders holding a toy gun at the apex of a neatly composed pyramid . |
| 2 | I saw the drivers holding a conference in a bus in the lower reaches of the car park and decided to mosey down to see what was going on . |
| 3 | Above the mantelpiece was a series of display shelves , each niche holding a shepherdess in Dresden china , or a small bronze . |
| 4 | John and Kenny stood in the doorway holding a huge wooden doll 's house . |
| 5 | An exceedingly rare fourteenth-century silverpoint on tinted paper study of a standing draped figure holding a book , by an anonymous Umbrian artist ( est. $15,000–25,000 ) was bought by Morton Morris against Luca Baroni of Colnaghi 's for $40,000 ( £25,000 ) , and will probably go to the Getty . |
| 6 | The curtains at either end of the bed each has an embroidered design of a cherubic figure holding a golden trumpet ; each of these can fire off one Wind Blast spell per round . |
| 7 | On 7 April the Office of Arts and Libraries announced that a nineteenth Old Master drawing from Holkham had had its export license deferred : Veronese 's ‘ Allegorical female figure holding a sceptre and globe ’ . |
| 8 | When the queuers finally made their way to the head of the stairs they were greeted by a strange figure holding a tray of sugar cubes , sure sign that acid was on offer . |
| 9 | At this time the Common ( or official ) Seal showed Glasgow Cathedral in the background and a robed female figure holding a cornucopia in the foreground with the motto ‘ amicus certus in re incerta ’ - a quotation from the poet Ennius — was adopted . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , Richard , ’ Merrill said slowly , her eyes holding a glint of mischief , ‘ I 'd like you to meet Luke Travis , my employer . |
| 11 | Suddenly , Lydia 's mouth twisted in a wry smile , her eyes holding a spark of understanding . |
| 12 | And Kylie confessed later that she liked nothing better than to ‘ pretend ’ she was in a pop group like Abba , prancing around her bedroom holding a hairbrush as a microphone . |
| 13 | I sight a punk holding a baby , |
| 14 | The Company magazine is also criticised for carrying another controversial Benetton advertisement showing a black soldier holding a human thigh bone . |
| 15 | It represents Padmapani holding a blue lotus , and is located at one side of a cell entrance . |
| 16 | And the upshot is that in eighteen twenty six Britain suggests in essence holding a congress to discuss the er er Greek revolt . |
| 17 | Wall lights come in a wide range of types and styles , from simple brackets holding a single bulb , to more decorative fittings containing two or three bulbs , and perhaps carrying individual lamp-shades . |
| 18 | Ash and I danced , then cousin Josh asked her , and I sat watching the people dance for a while — the best way to extract any real enjoyment from dancing , I 've always thought , but I seem to be unusual in not gaining any real pleasure from performing the movements — and then saw Helen Urvill , entering the hall holding a lager can . |
| 19 | Her face was powdered and rouged , and beside her trotted a younger , plainly dressed girl holding a parasol above the delicate head of her mistress . |
| 20 | It features such exciting inclusions as the study of the little girl holding a baby from the left-hand side of his early painting of The Old Musician , the mature Spanish ballet dancer Lola de Valence , and etchings of both the reclining nude , Olympia and a late portrait , in a large decorative hat , of the lady painter Berthe Morisot . |
| 21 | In the hall one of the walls was given over entirely to a tiled picture of Christ displaying His Sacred Heart ; another depicted the Blessed Virgin being carried upwards to Heaven by a host of angels , and a third was of St Anthony holding a lily and looking tenderly down at the beholder . |
| 22 | Earlier pictures include a ‘ Male Saint holding a book ’ by Ugolino da Nerio ( est. $100–150,000 ) Madonnas by Paolo di Giovanni Fei ( $80–120,000 ) , Jacobello del Fiore ( est. $60–80,000 ) and Michele Giambono ( est. $100–150,000 ) and portraits by Cariani ( est. $20–30,000 ) and Paris Bordone ( est. $200–300,000 ) . |
| 23 | A separate , quite voluminous , chapter of the Act deals with the organization of the stock exchange , which is defined as a corporate self-governing body , whose members must be limited companies holding a licence for dealing in securities . |
| 24 | Pausing for the effect to register , Vic took the apex of the handkerchief between two fingers and drew it upwards delicately , laying bare a fist holding a green creature with bulging eyes . |
| 25 | As he passed through a small piazza there was a shout and a boy appeared at a window holding a bulging plastic shopping bag which he let drop to a friend in the street who stood , arms raised to catch it . |
| 26 | In one corner was a strange life-size wooden cut-out of a black boy holding a tray . |
| 27 | Also from Thebes is an exquisite obsidian and gold necklace of the 12th Dynasty , loaned from the Metropolitan , while among other loans from the Met is a solid cast copper figure of a young boy holding a silver lotus found in the tomb of a woman at Thebes , probably an idealised portrait of her younger son Amenemheb . |
| 28 | Marc Lepine entered the classroom holding a semi-automatic rifle . |
| 29 | He went lightly down the hatchway and was gone , reappearing in a moment holding a shackling chain on either end of which was a clumsy iron ring , hinged and padlocked . |
| 30 | But there 's always some manner in which we ca n't quite break free , and most of us will find ourselves one shocked moment holding a girlfriend or boyfriend in the way we 've seen our parents holding each other for years . |