Example sentences of "[verb] hold [pos pn] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | they cease to hold their employment with the Regional Council by reason of voluntary severance , or |
| 2 | they cease to hold their employment with the Regional Council in the interests of the efficient exercise of the Council 's functions . |
| 3 | It is usual to distinguish three reasons why people want to hold their assets in the form of money . |
| 4 | The first runner to reach the top is not necessarily going to hold his lead on the descent . |
| 5 | I thought there was no way my mum was going to hold my hand down the clinic . |
| 6 | A guest at the Los Angeles hotel where the £30,000 video was shot revealed : ‘ Sade kept on having to hold her breath for the scenes in the pool . |
| 7 | Verderers continue to hold their courts in the New Forest and in the Forest of Dean . |
| 8 | Barely managing to hold her breath for the extra few seconds , she hauled herself to the other side of the object first , before surfacing . |
| 9 | Consolidated Life expects to hold its rates until the middle of next week . |
| 10 | There were no lights except in the downstairs rooms , so he had learned to hold his breath against the muddy darkness to prevent it reaching into his lungs to suffocate him . |
| 11 | However , he continued to hold her hand on the walk back to the main track , where he again drew her close to his side while taking her arm . |
| 12 | For , apart from trying to hold her hand in the taxi , he had been quite well behaved . |
| 13 | He could remember very clearly the feeling of power and joy as he had held her head under the waters of the Danube that fine summer afternoon . |
| 14 | He glanced up at her face again , and discovered that she was looking at him with some interest , and it struck him that until now starvation had held her attention to the exclusion of all else . |
| 15 | The Top-selling hardback in the British book trade leading up to Christmas 1991 was Pauline Cockrill 's The Ultimate Teddy Bear Book and it had held its position among the top ten hardbacks for over two months . |
| 16 | We sat holding our breath in the front row . |
| 17 | Isay pushed Riven aside and stood holding his staff at the ready as his countrymen approached . |