Example sentences of "[vb past] hold [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I realised this was unusual for an owl , because in the wild they tend to swallow their prey whole , so I simply stopped holding on to the chick and soon she was gobbling it up in one . |
| 2 | Becky kept holding on to the picture . |
| 3 | Ann said hold on to the pattern , she said I do n't know what to do , erm knit them |
| 4 | She just had to hold on to the thought that , although he believed he knew who , he did n't know where . |
| 5 | Chris had to hold on to the grab handle of the jeep or she would have been flung out . |
| 6 | Alistair Clarke of Christie 's furniture department expressed satisfaction that the market had held up in the light of the considerable quantity of important French furniture which has already been offered this season . |
| 7 | Tanzania 's President Ali Hassan Mwinyi was elected on Aug. 16 as chair of the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi ( CCM ) party , with 1,846 out of 1,851 votes cast , in succession to the " elder statesman " leader Julius Nyerere , who had held on to the party chairmanship for five years since stepping down as state President in 1985 . |
| 8 | But he conceded that Tokyo had held back in the aftermarket of British Gas . |
| 9 | But he conceded that Tokyo had held back in the aftermarket of British Gas . |
| 10 | Just after Manning had come the agnostic Tyndall , talking about the identity of radiant heat and light ; and just before Stanley , the militant anti-christian W. K. Clifford had held forth on the education of the people , and especially on the importance of technical drawing . |
| 11 | I was told I could see him for an hour but they got held up on the way and I was rushed through the visit . |
| 12 | ‘ No , I got held Up at the office . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I got held up at the office . ’ |
| 14 | After subsidizing the Postal Department for 43 years , her last 29 cent instalment that carried news that she was confirming the trip got held up in the mail office because , and I 'm not joking , George Bush had flown all the way from Disneyland to have his picture taken in front of the Grand Canyon . |