Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] hold [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'd been a union member I might have held out for a better offer or some redundancy money , but I was n't , so that was that . |
| 2 | ‘ He may decide to hold off for a few days and give steroids to develop the lungs , ’ Belinda suggested . |
| 3 | We would like to hold on to the VHS copies for a further 3 weeks . |
| 4 | " I can show you how , " he promised , " but we would have to hold on to the back of a chair . " |
| 5 | We do have sufficient data that a straightforward regime of thrombolysis and aspirin works , but I would advise holding off on the heparin until more data is available . |