Example sentences of "[modal v] hold [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this is done it is probable that this will have the effect of releasing any original tenant or surety from liability in the event that the tenant should hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 after the expiry of the break-notice ( cf Junction Estates Ltd v Cope ( 1974 ) 27 P & CR 482 ; City of London Corporation v Fell ( 1993 ) 04 EG 115 ) . |
| 2 | You must hold on to the hurt . |
| 3 | The under sheriff must hold on to the balance for 14 days in case any steps should be taken to make the defendant bankrupt , in which case he would have to pay the money he has recovered to the receiver . |
| 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 I doubt he 'll hold out for the money . |
| 6 | The announcement came as no great surprise ; except in as much as it had been thought the family might hold back in the lifetime of Sir John . |
| 7 | In which case , if our relationship was already wrecked beyond repair , I could hold on to the phetam . |
| 8 | But at least they could hold off within the value of what they now held , and were empowered to dispose of to advantage . |
| 9 | In the last few years , however , it has emerged that the laws of science may hold even at the beginning of the universe . |
| 10 | In that case the laws of physics would hold even at the beginning of the universe , so God would not have had the freedom to choose the initial conditions . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ But they will lose their reason , ’ says Peter Verkhovensky 's lieutenant when Peter has argued that the quintet will hold together after the murder ‘ unless they 've lost their reason ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ I hope all the old dears over there will hold tight to the handrail , ’ was his only remark when he was told the news , but he said more to Ruth when he went home at lunch time . |