Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] hold [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 In which case , if our relationship was already wrecked beyond repair , I could hold on to the phetam .
2 You must hold on to the hurt .
3 Yet we must hold on to the basic idea that science discovers the truth of how the world works .
4 Among the speakers who had convinced the Bosnian Serbs that they must hold out against the world was a guest of honour , a painter called Milic Od Macve .
5 But at least they could hold off within the value of what they now held , and were empowered to dispose of to advantage .
6 But I doubt he 'll hold out for the money .
7 If anyone was to blame , it was the anti-drugs policy of successive governments , and especially president Richard Nixon 's , but that 's another talking point on which he would hold forth at the drop of a hat .
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