Example sentences of "hold [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | I 'm holding it for you — ’ |
| 32 | Prost on pole made a poor start and Senna took the early lead , holding it for 23 laps before Prost , after several previous attacks had been rebuffed , forced his way by . |
| 33 | What are you holding it for ? |
| 34 | But though he resumed his speech as though the interruption had never happened , his gaze , holding hers for a moment longer , had turned cold and cynical . |
| 35 | The message from brokers is apply for shares , but do not look to hold them for the long term . |
| 36 | Detectives are applying to magistrates for permission to hold them for a further 24 hours . |
| 37 | And both have been designed to enable you to hold them for long periods of time . |
| 38 | The strong-smelling ‘ stewed ’ strips of blanket were hot , and as I wrung out the excess water , I needed tongs to hold them for the first few minutes . |
| 39 | On the application so to vary the implied undertaking , the applicants undertaking to the court to hold them for the strictly limited purpose of defending the libel proceedings brought against the applicants by the two reinstated officers , and on the question of the effect of public interest immunity : — |
| 40 | In form it is an application at the suit of C.N.L. as a third party for the court to release the appellant from his implied undertaking pursuant to which discovery of the P.C.A. documents was given under the court 's order of 9 July 1991 — released that is to the extent of permitting him to disclose the documents to C.N.L. , they for their part undertaking to the court to hold them for the strictly limited purpose of defending the libel proceedings brought against them by Woodley and Clifford . |
| 41 | He would not be able to hold them for long . |
| 42 | ‘ That wo n't hold them for long . |
| 43 | and this is why military strategies have always said we were gon na get we could hold them for a year , two years maybe three , but in the preventional warfare we would start loosing and military strategy have always said along that it would probably be somebody like France or us that would first use the nuclear weapon |
| 44 | ‘ Quite right , laddie , but I think handling should be enough to hold you for a while . |
| 45 | She remembered how she had n't been allowed to hold him for more than a moment before he had to go back behind the bars of his crib . |
| 46 | All ways to hold him for a while . |
| 47 | They let me hold her for a few minutes and then they took her away upstairs to Special Care . |
| 48 | Dutch chiaroscuro , dark and sombre , would hold him for a while yet , until he freed himself from Rembrandt , Millet , and Israëls and turned to Delacroix 's symphonies of colour . |
| 49 | I 've worked out a way of stalling , but it wo n't hold him for ever . |
| 50 | ‘ But we can hold him for a while yet . |
| 51 | In particular we find the cases of what are called ‘ uses ’ or trusts — transactions whereby a man legally transfers land to another , but with an understanding that the transferee will hold it for the benefit of the former , or for the benefit of those whom he will name in his will . |
| 52 | ‘ Shall I hold it for you , ma'am ? ’ |
| 53 | ‘ I 'll hold it for you , ’ Nutty said to Gary . |
| 54 | The closed doors would hold it for him and he would smoke it on the way back as he had smoked that earlier one on the way down from Finchley Road . |
| 55 | He captured the citadel but he only had a few troops with him and it was clear he could n't hold it for long , so he pushed on east past Excideuil into the Limousin , driving straight into the heartland of the rebel cause and devastating the country as he went . |
| 56 | So she 's got her knuckles grazed , you 've cleansed it , put it into a drop of water , ra or else we 've used the Mediwipes or the end of the bandage okay , now we just cover it , okay , so it goes over , can you just straighten out your hand for me , it goes over the wound , okay and you can take this one that she can hold it for you just up there , right , now the rest of this just winds round , the only thing you really need to do is to just make sure that you leave the thumb out , cover up the bottom right and then come up towards the wrist , cover up the top of the pad , come back down again , leave the thumb out all the time , got the idea ? |
| 57 | I 'll hold it for you . ’ |
| 58 | Do you think you can hold it for an hour ? ’ |
| 59 | Here , I 'll hold it for you . |
| 60 | I 'll hold it for you . |