Example sentences of "[noun sg] hold [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The juggernaut bucked and the poet held on to the side to prevent himself being thrown around . |
| 2 | Mr Tim Devlin 's surprise victory for the Conservatives in Stockton South to hold on to the seat he won narrowly in 1987 from the prominent SDP man ( now Sir ) Ian Wrigglesworth was a classic example of the collapse of the centre vote working against Labour . |
| 3 | Seawitch 's stern swung round , her bow held fast by the anchor chain as a sudden gust of wind caught her . |
| 4 | Derek started watching the six o'clock news on television that evening in a distracted mood , only for his attention to be seized by mention of the name Abberley during the preamble to film of a press conference held earlier in the day at Newbury Police Station . |
| 5 | He was alert , poised on the balls of his feet , the submachine carbine held easily at the port , but ready for use if need be . |
| 6 | With a little microphone held up to the telly ? |
| 7 | The definition of an inn is to be found in s.1(3) of the HPA 1956 — ‘ an establishment held out by the proprietor as offering food , drink and , if so required , sleeping accommodation , without special contract , to any traveller presenting himself who appears able and willing to pay a reasonable sum for the services and facilities provided and who is in a fit state to be received ’ . |
| 8 | According to the Far Eastern Economic Review of Dec. 3 the appointments were approved at an " unannounced and enlarged " CMC meeting held shortly after the conclusion of the congress . |
| 9 | The government had reaffirmed its intention of replacing some Sandinista police officers with former contras , during a five-day meeting held earlier in the month with representatives of the UN International Commission of Support and Verification ( CIAV ) and former contra leaders . |
| 10 | ( c ) Insert the bud under the lapels with the squared-off top held tight under the cross cut . |
| 11 | The ESPLANADE , on which witches were once burned at the stake , is the scene of the famous Military Tattoo held annually at the time of the International Festival . |
| 12 | The view of a matchbox held close to the viewer 's nose gave a clue to the multiple vision of Cubism and Futurism . |
| 13 | One man held on to the lawyer 's sleeve . |
| 14 | Any changes to a style ( possibly to an ancestor style held centrally on the network ) will permeate to all other styles inheriting from this style . |
| 15 | It 's the Alternative Flower Show held annually in the village hall at Beadness , near Ainwick in Northumberland . |
| 16 | He was ready now , and had his hand held out for the instrument , lightly brushing her fingers accidentally as she passed it to him . |
| 17 | The reserve goalkeeper held on to the place for four months , and was selected for several weeks after Grobbelaar returned to action with the reserves . |
| 18 | The reserve goalkeeper held on to the place for four months , and was selected for several weeks after Grobbelaar returned to action with the reserves . |
| 19 | He will not , however , be liable for rent which accrues due after the expiry of the contractual term if an assignee holds over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , unless there are clear contractual provisions to this effect ( City of London Corporation v Fell [ 1993 ] 04 EG 115 ) . |
| 20 | But I think that was when I was in the sea holding on to the bit of foam , and more or less just let myself float under the water , but me arm was round the top of the bit of foam , on the surface , and I think it got burnt by the the heat off the platform then . |
| 21 | With the candle-flame held close to the page , listening for the measured tread of the warder on the stone-flagged corridor outside , he would allow his thoughts to escape to the sun-drenched wilderness of Coral Island ; to the wind-swept moors of Wuthering Heights . |
| 22 | They stayed on the footpath and Sergeant practised heeling while Master held tight to the lead . |
| 23 | She decided to forgo the coffee , and rushed up to Hunter Ward , just as another patient was being wheeled back from Theatre , drip held aloft by the nurse . |
| 24 | Again , this view is related to Pius XI 's , as expressed in Divini Illius Magistri : ‘ The family holds directly from the Creator the mission and hence the rights to educate the offspring , a right inalienable because inseparably joined to the strict obligation , a right anterior to any right whatever of civil society and of the State … ’ ( 1929 : 14 ) . |
| 25 | As long as a son holds on to the mother as a love-object he must ineluctably be in conflict with the father , just as , conversely , as soon as he accepts the paternal authority and identifies with his father to constitute his superego he must suppress his fundamental parricidal antagonism and with it his incestuous fixation . |