Example sentences of "[verb] hold [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | At this juncture I merely want to hold on to the notion that workers are pressed , for a variety of reasons , into a dependent position of an infantile-like nature , which is felt to be unalterable , in many industrial enterprises . |
| 3 | But I want to hold on to the role . ’ |
| 4 | When at the top he was disappointed to find no flag , but with some cautious experimentation discovered that he did not need to hold on to the pole — he could float . |
| 5 | For nearly a week the fist of the frost has held tight to the land . |
| 6 | If this state of affairs continues the state will be denied an important source of legitimation for its own authority — namely the promise ( which it has held out in the past ) of a steady increase in the level of material well-being enjoyed by the population as a whole ( Poggi , 1978 ; Winkler , 1975 ; Poulantzas , 1978 ; Habermas , 1971 , 1976 ) . |
| 7 | Stop holding on to the wall like that ! ’ |
| 8 | Authorship is identity in the textual sphere , and hence gay people , like all marginal groups , have , at present , a political stake in wanting to hold on to the Author despite her/his expulsion from prevailing postmodernist theories . |
| 9 | Swindon insist there 's been no formal approach by Cheslea and still hope to hold on to the architect of Monday 's triumph . |
| 10 | I have added a further £25 because I have appreciated holding on to the material for so long . |
| 11 | " I can show you how , " he promised , " but we would have to hold on to the back of a chair . " |
| 12 | Becky kept holding on to the picture . |
| 13 | If it feels like the penis is getting soft during sex , try holding on to the base of the condom . |
| 14 | One , from a McKeever header , was particularly outstanding , the Duns keeper throwing himself to his right and managing to hold on to the ball . |
| 15 | Scruton offers us an articulate perspective on the attractions of conservatism for those who , fearing social change and the future , try to hold firmly onto the past . |
| 16 | However , this sort of explanation does not seem to hold up in the face of evidence that football hooliganism is by no means a uniquely modern , post-1960 occurrence . |
| 17 | She 'd tried to hold on to the anger she 'd felt earlier , but it had slipped away from her , dissolving with the wine . |
| 18 | Among the bidders was a landlady fighting to hold on to the country inn she 's run for the past eight years.Richard Barnett reports : |
| 19 | None of the earlier owners seem to have held on to the property for very long , for in 1647 , it was acquired by the Earl of Pembroke , then shortly afterwards , it was sold to Lord Pawlet , who is reported to have entertained General Fairfax at Chiswick House , on a number of occasions . |
| 20 | Ann said hold on to the pattern , she said I do n't know what to do , erm knit them |
| 21 | We do have sufficient data that a straightforward regime of thrombolysis and aspirin works , but I would advise holding off on the heparin until more data is available . |
| 22 | She just had to hold on to the thought that , although he believed he knew who , he did n't know where . |
| 23 | Chris had to hold on to the grab handle of the jeep or she would have been flung out . |
| 24 | Alistair Clarke of Christie 's furniture department expressed satisfaction that the market had held up in the light of the considerable quantity of important French furniture which has already been offered this season . |
| 25 | Tanzania 's President Ali Hassan Mwinyi was elected on Aug. 16 as chair of the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi ( CCM ) party , with 1,846 out of 1,851 votes cast , in succession to the " elder statesman " leader Julius Nyerere , who had held on to the party chairmanship for five years since stepping down as state President in 1985 . |
| 26 | But he conceded that Tokyo had held back in the aftermarket of British Gas . |
| 27 | But he conceded that Tokyo had held back in the aftermarket of British Gas . |
| 28 | Just after Manning had come the agnostic Tyndall , talking about the identity of radiant heat and light ; and just before Stanley , the militant anti-christian W. K. Clifford had held forth on the education of the people , and especially on the importance of technical drawing . |
| 29 | I was told I could see him for an hour but they got held up on the way and I was rushed through the visit . |
| 30 | ‘ No , I got held Up at the office . ’ |