Example sentences of "[adv] hold [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The policy of peaceful coexistence … does not only hold back the revolutionary struggle , but promotes its upsurge … the might of the Soviet Union serves as a decisive obstacle in the way of imperialist plans for unleashing a new world war . ’ |
| 2 | Third , a doctor 's obligation when he can no longer hold back the approach of death is to make the patient comfortable , including easing his pain . |
| 3 | Citrine , who , despite his wrangles with Gaitskell , was keen that Labour should win , warned in the summer of 1951 that he could no longer hold back the Area Board chairmen from politically damaging attacks on the Government if the investment controls were not relaxed . |
| 4 | They can not hold up a stream of people to talk to an unfamiliar face . |
| 5 | His scouts had assessed that the enemy numbers would reach around twenty thousand , and were moving fairly fast , a mounted host save for the Islesmen and Highlanders who , trained to proceed long distances at the run , and lightly clad , did not hold up the horse to any extent . |
| 6 | However , the likelihood is that processing and seeking will be entirely overlapped so this will not hold up the overall run very seriously . |
| 7 | I would suggest that we can deal with these parties if they arise but that we should not hold up the negotiations with the top four . |
| 8 | When pope , barons and many bishops , as well as the queen and apparently the royal heir , were largely agreed , Reynolds could not hold back the tide of change . |
| 9 | As his lips pressed against hers , warm and exciting , she could not hold back the longing inside her . |
| 10 | ‘ Could you just hold up the bidding while my boys settle with the opposition ? ’ |
| 11 | In other words , you should n't just hold down the chord shape and pick the notes out as they lie under your hand ; each double has its own fingering . |
| 12 | Provided they do n't hold up the meeting too often , it is often useful to have one such man at the meeting , since he can be relied upon to ask the naive question that many others would like to ask but dare not . |
| 13 | Yes , yes , just disappeared , yeah , right , right , well I 'll ask Alistair , oh well uhum , I would n't hold out a lot of hope , huh , somehow , his uhum , he puts in an appearance at the summer fair for half an hour and looks round , says I think I 'll go now , , I 'll leave you to it you know , keep the children , , that 's it , is n't it , his taken our Clare in to buy a tennis racket . |
| 14 | Just as Paul Gascoigne was overcome with emotion at England 's World Cup exit in Italia '90 , Cantona could n't hold back the tears when he was joined on the chat show sofa … by his grandmother . |
| 15 | The £1.2 million former Norwich star ca n't hold down a first-team spot with Scottish champs Rangers . |