Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] hold [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | By the way , It looks like they 've improved the ticket line a bit , there is now a queueing system which you get held on , so you now get through after about an hour rather than 3 , and then hold on in the queue for the other two hours : - ) |
2 | Another hundred yards , and then held again at the Kingsclere-Burghfield Common crossing . |
3 | I tugged and lugged the dinghy until it was sliding backwards down the bank , and then held on to the painter , digging my heels in , leaning back to prevent too fast and splashy a launch . |
4 | ( He continued to insist , nonetheless , that that one-sidedness had been necessary , and that the negative points he had made must not be withdrawn , nor even weakened , but merely held together with the positive . |
5 | This done , she whipped up a piece of tape , which she tied some inches from the bottom ; then , while still holding on to the hair with one hand , her other hand shot out and pulled open a drawer from which she grabbed a pair of large scissors . |