Example sentences of "[pers pn] hold [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1547 , after the English victory over the Scots at Pinkie , Huntly was to say ‘ I hold well with the marriage , but I like not this wooing ’ . |
| 2 | I held on to the counter . |
| 3 | She held on to the rail and to her bag . |
| 4 | As the creature moved within five metres of her , she held on to the chair with both hands and ran straight at the creature 's unprotected stomach area . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If we hold on to the suffering of those nearest to us , we may not be strong enough to offer any real help by lifting them from whatever is affecting them . |
| 7 | It makes it all the more important that , as a country , we hold fast to the alliance and to the policies which have stood us — and the cause of peace in Europe — in such good stead for so long . |
| 8 | Second , at the very tip of their abdomen they possess a hook-like structure which enables them to hold on to the shell . |
| 9 | There was a strong chase behind and the leaders never got more than a 25-second gap but they held on to the finish where Scott was strongest up the hill to 21 win by a second with Downey a further 14 seconds back . |
| 10 | Well when you had your grab , you used to lower it on the deck of the , deck of the erm trawler and when you open your grab , that much , a lot of it hold up in the grab you see , you could n't get so of course when you did take your grab up , lot of it went over the side . |
| 11 | ‘ I was quite worried about making it hold up on the screen for two-and-a-half hours and it gave me pause . |
| 12 | I think I 'll have a beer tonight Knock , give the jake a rest , ’ said Yanto ‘ Suit yourself , ’ Knocker replied , and drew off a pint of bitter , which he held up to the light . |
| 13 | Martin had pulled himself up to his feet now and he held on to the back of the chair as he nodded at her , then watched her go towards the door . |
| 14 | He held on to the machine by the handlebars as he turned off the road and started to push it up the steeper incline of the track . |
| 15 | He held on to the rail . |
| 16 | He had a grey hat which he held tightly by the brim with both hands . |
| 17 | It held up in the water , throwing the Luton defence off balance and enabling Black to drive home a left-footed volley . |
| 18 | It held together with the engine , the rest of the fuselage separating which took him out of the major part of the fire . |