Example sentences of "[verb] to hold [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the Ebro , Catalonia could not be expected to hold on for long , and if Catalonia fell the rest of Republican Spain was likely to follow . |
| 2 | ‘ He may decide to hold off for a few days and give steroids to develop the lungs , ’ Belinda suggested . |
| 3 | In the US , buyers will have to hold back for 90 days after the issue because of Securities Exchange Commission restrictions on overseas dealings . |
| 4 | In the US , buyers will have to hold back for 90 days after the issue because of Securities Exchange Commission restrictions on overseas dealings . |
| 5 | This ‘ bad faith ’ operates among the doctors and pharmacists who allow their knowledge and skill to be abused ; among the politicians who wish to see themselves as community benefactors , while knowing full well that they are nothing of the sort ; and even among the poor who are so often critical of the medical ‘ care ’ they receive yet continue to hold out for a medical solution to their social and economic problems . |
| 6 | After managing to hold out for several months against Paul 's pressurising , she had agreed to the engagement only a few days before this trip . |
| 7 | David Plange added another try for the home side but Widnes fought back with further scores from Bobby Goulding and Stuart Spruce but the Eagles managed to hold on for victory . |
| 8 | Being left to hold on for ages and ages . |
| 9 | He was dismayed by the vendor 's agents who confirmed they and their client were determined to hold out for double the offer . |
| 10 | So West Indies won by an innings and 156 runs ; yet had England managed to hold on for just another three or four minutes they would have got a draw , for the heavens opened and further play would have been impossible . |