Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] hold [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Of course , my wife holds with the world , ’ Edward said to Willoughby . |
| 2 | The new exhibition comprises thirty-eight paintings with particular emphasis being placed upon those works which Caulfield has created in the eleven years since his retrospective held at the Walker Art Gallery , Liverpool , and the Tate Gallery , in 1981–82 . |
| 3 | The power axe , clenched in his mailed fist , still hewed away at the same small area in front of him , but for the life of him he could n't push himself into the space it liquefied , nor could he shift the weapon to left or to right , so firmly was his arm held by the hydra . |
| 4 | In the reign of Henry VII , Sir Thomas Lovell was able to raise a military contingent in Nottinghamshire , where he held no land , on the strength of his office holding in the county . |
| 5 | In the reign of Henry VII , Sir Thomas Lovell was able to raise a military contingent in Nottinghamshire , where he held no land , on the strength of his office holding in the county . |