Example sentences of "hold down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seven years after losing her sight Philippa now holds down a full-time job . |
| 2 | As well as looking after Thomas , Beverley holds down a busy job as an executive with Boots in Nottingham . |
| 3 | Play them in order and make sure that your thumb , which holds down the root of the G chords , also deadens the A string … |
| 4 | He is best imagined as an old-fashioned sawbones before the invention of anaesthetics , carving away placidly while an assistant holds down the screaming patient . |
| 5 | All you have to do is press and hold down a button . |
| 6 | ‘ Look here , you hold down a difficult and sensitive job . |
| 7 | But many adult learners also hold down a full-time job , and in the middle of a hard week 's work they are likely to be tired . |
| 8 | But if you are schizophrenic , you can not think straight , concentrate , hold down a job . |
| 9 | If Caps Lock is on and you hold down the shift key , lower case letters are typed |
| 10 | Strings secured to the timber edgings hold down the polythene cover . |
| 11 | After selecting number 2 into the current colour box , go to FUNCTION in the top menu bar and hold down the mouse button . |
| 12 | TO find a special game in the Mega Drive version of Klax , merely hold down the Left and Up diagonal plus A , B , C and Start simultaneously at the title screen . |
| 13 | Just hold down the fire button to determine strength , and position the joystick as for a standard kick . |
| 14 | The direction and power of the smash is affected by when you hit the ball , what direction the ball 's already travelling , and how long you hold down the fire button ! |
| 15 | So everybody have document and hit shift F ten and they 're on page nine now if we go , hold down the alt key and type B and you 'll just see er a shimmer go down the screen an then you do n't actually see anything , but if you alt U , everything appears underlined alt K converts everything into small capitals alt S , strikes through everything and alt I italicizes all the words . |
| 16 | Then , hold down the Shift key and move the cursor to the end of the block you want selected . |
| 17 | If you selected a word hold down the Shift key and click on the last word of the selection — similarly for paragraphs . |
| 18 | Hold down the shift and press F one . |
| 19 | All you have to do is move the cross hair in the direction in which you want to shoot , hold down the shoot button to select the power of the stroke and then you tee off . |
| 20 | On reaching adulthood , people continue to strive to be better than others ; to earn more money , buy a larger home , hold down an interesting and fulfilling job and lead a rewarding life . |
| 21 | Many of us know the difficulties of having a dog and holding down a job . |
| 22 | Yes , she was undoubtedly holding down a real job , in a man 's world ; and where she had gone , other women would follow . |
| 23 | Stroking his brow , holding down a thrashing arm , holding Boy 's precious and sweating head in my two hands on the pillow and whispering to him , go on , push , push , breathe , push , breathe , that 's it , push , push , push . |
| 24 | In these examples I have deliberately included the C£s on the 9th fret E string and the 4th fret A string so that you can not play them while holding down a chord shape ! |
| 25 | The outstanding performers were Scott Loftus , of Old Loughts , who scored four , and Old Felstedians Chris Maitland and Paul Surridge , who has been holding down a place with National League First Division outfit Canterbury since leaving school . |
| 26 | Most spend much of their time feeding and bathing their mother , doing laundry and other household work , and sometimes also holding down a paid job , with only very limited opportunities for a break of any kind . |
| 27 | People with long-term mental disorder have many problems in holding down a job . |
| 28 | If that does n't score highly enough to win a contest the next stage is to grapple on the ground until one player wins by holding down an opponent for 30 seconds . |
| 29 | Punishment ranges from denying interviewers access to cabinet ministers to holding down the BBC 's licence fee , appointing suitable people to control both BBC and commercial broadcasting , and stimulating the public to accuse the broadcasters of bias . |
| 30 | When you have four or five people you have a very set arrangement — like , he 's playing rhythm and you 're playing lead , so-and-so 's playing the backbeat and thingy 's holding down the chord patterns . |