Example sentences of "[conj] hold on [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daisy had brought her sketch pad , but found it difficult to capture the action and hold on to a straining Ethel . |
| 2 | The crosser is required to tight-rope walk on the single strand below and hold on to the two other lines for balance . |
| 3 | Some of the sites are enormously rich , however , and the history of palaeontology is punctuated by quite unscientific feuds between experts trying to find and hold on to the best sites for the most spectacular vertebrates . |
| 4 | It would have been customary to allow the animal its own head , and to hold on to the last truck , or hitch a lift by hanging onto the end . |
| 5 | I smiled understanding and held on to the last wedge of the broken window , catching glimpses of the brown Yucay River snaking its way between the terraced hills . |
| 6 | Again he dashed away and held on in a close finish with Atlee Mahorn , who was desperately trying to salvage some Canadian credibility out of the evening . |