Example sentences of "[adv] hold [pos pn] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gently held her hand on the table . |
| 2 | We are just holding our thumbs in the hope that the machinery and fabric will last through the summer months . |
| 3 | We were n't exactly holding our breath for the arrival of these Lakewood flat-top guitars , but within five minutes of the boxes being opened , the two of them — and one of them in particular — were drawing noises of appreciation from all present . |
| 4 | Some major shippers of the 1970s , like Ocean Steam in the UK , could not hold their position against the onslaught of newcomers like Evergreen and left the business altogether . |
| 5 | Radical Whigs in the early 1680s had challenged the Crown 's control of the armed forces and of appointment to office : the Rye House Plotters wanted the militia placed " in the hands of the people " ; Monmouth had insisted that judges should not hold their commissions at the King 's pleasure but rather " during good behaviour " . |
| 6 | Mr Geoff Nichol , Darlington chief executive , had been asked to help with a project looking at community care but would still hold his position with the district , said Mr Smith . |
| 7 | Although I still held my card of the Transport and General Workers . |
| 8 | And I began to be conscious of my unnatural state , and cry in the night sometimes for no real reason except that I wanted a man beside me — any man at all , I sometimes thought , and the little voice which had been so snooty before , now held its peace on the subject . |
| 9 | But he remained silent , and , despondently , she turned away again , realising that there would be no words of love coming from this man , who now held her heart in the palm of his hand . |
| 10 | This one , after a gap of eighteen years , did n't even remember how to hold her place in the lights when he started to manoeuvre her upstage . |
| 11 | Senior Household officials like the Treasurer of the Chamber , the Chamberlain , the Vice Chamberlain , the Captain of the Guard , the Controller of the Household , and the Treasurer of the Household evidently held their posts under the Tudors without a patent and at the pleasure of the monarch , although by the reign of Charles I many of them had acquired a life interest . |