Example sentences of "hold out for " in BNC.
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| 61 | The very idea of Poland was an insult to everything Frederick thought Prussia stood for , and the only hope he held out for the Poles was that partition and Germanisation would turn them into useful members of society . |
| 62 | For the first time since Tamar had met her , the putty-coloured cheeks were flushed and the hands which she held out for the child were shaking . |
| 63 | Aussie skipper Border and pace bowler Merv Hughes , who was fined Pounds 185 , appealed vigorously for lbw decisions as tail-enders Ian Bishop and Courtney Walsh held out for a draw in Brisbane . |
| 64 | Eddie Youds made way for sub keeper Clive Baker who held out for Ipswich 's eighth draw . |
| 65 | As long as the money held out for her , that was enough . |
| 66 | Mushtaq Ahmed held out for an hour-and-a-half for 11 , standing by Malik while the biggest stand of the innings — 64 — was constructed . |
| 67 | Masada held out for two years . |
| 68 | Richard and a few followers escaped downstream to Geoffrey de Rancon 's castle at Taillebourg while the bulk of his troops were driven back into the cathedral , where they held out for a few days . |
| 69 | What is important to highlight at this juncture is the attraction that such a possibility held out for the intellectual workers of the time . |
| 70 | At the barrier he was first in the queue , his Triple-A pass held out for inspection . |
| 71 | Clean white half-moons of nails held out for inspection , hands reddened from hot water and soap , hair brushed . |
| 72 | Some struggled against her , but few held out for more than a moment or two . |
| 73 | ‘ I do n't know why I held out for so long . ’ |
| 74 | But the English Commissioners and English Government held out for an incorporating union , and prevailed . |
| 75 | She held out for a mammoth ten seconds and then , weak where he was concerned , she could hold out no longer , and collapsed weakly , clingingly , against him . |
| 76 | Visitors Cholmondeley held out for a draw on 130 for seven . |
| 77 | Hightown were shackled by John O'Brien ( 5–36 ) but held out for a draw . |
| 78 | After the interval , chances were few and far between and most of the early play took place in mid-field , but towards the end Hucklecote applied severe pressure , but the visitor 's defence superbly mastered by outside half , Neil Smith held out for a fine hard-earned victory . |
| 79 | Langford pulled a goal back on sixty eight minutes , but Thame held out for another victory and they still top the South Midland League . |