Example sentences of "[noun sg] hold [pos pn] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chorley Machine Knitting Club hold their meetings on the second Tuesday of every month , 7.30pm to 9.30pm at the Astley Village Community Centre , Nr Chorley . |
| 2 | The Ivel Machine Knitters Club hold their meetings on the second Thursday of every month from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at The Labour Hall , . |
| 3 | His mother sat beside him in the dock holding his hand throughout the short hearing . |
| 4 | The only dodgy graphic is the loading screen with a bloke holding his arms in the ‘ dig ’ position and a caption saying ‘ Enjoy with us ! ’ |
| 5 | Nobody in this band holds their role above the old minstrels , or the court fools who used to offer diversion and try to get a smile . |
| 6 | The recently formed AD ( ANCIENT DYKES ) group hold their meetings in The Women 's Centre , Broughton Street , Edinburgh . |
| 7 | Lucker holds my hand with the kind of grasp that men at sea learn as a last resort . |
| 8 | The offender held his pistol to the head of a customer who was being served and demanded that the assistants filled two bags with cash ; when one of them hesitated he pulled back the breech of the gun and threatened to shoot the customer . |
| 9 | The doctor held his finger at the base of his throat . |
| 10 | They sat in their saddles , and for a few minutes there was a great peace , as if the world held its breath at the beauty of this Irish evening . |
| 11 | Given the importance of the French holding their part of the line in Southeast Asia the threat of a settlement was itself sufficient to elicit renewed US support . |
| 12 | Montrose also appointed a second bailie to hold his courts in the regality of Tarbolton , which was considered too detached from the main body of the duke 's superiorities to be handled by the same judge , and , in addition , the duke was himself bailie of the regality of Glasgow with power to appoint a deputy to act in his place . |
| 13 | ‘ She told me her brother held his castle for the Empress , that he had sent her to Gloucester , that she was estranged from him . ’ |