Example sentences of "[noun] hold on to a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Don Johnson holds on to a chic Melanie Griffith ( above ) |
2 | Three wickets had done down in four balls with the score 277 , and had Kapil Dev at backward square leg held on to a straightforward catch offered by Healy off Tendulkar , India might have taken charge . |
3 | She and Victorine held on to a great square sheet . |
4 | East Midlands Electricity jumped from 237p to 305p before settling at 276p , while London Electricity held on to a 53-point rise to 306p . |
5 | He accepts then the necessity to permit the destruction of some forms of life , while at the same time holding on to a firm belief in the essential unity of all life and the principle of non-violence . |