Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] hold [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as everything slipped away she could only hold on to the thought that somehow her murderer knew who she was . |
| 2 | Clearly the town could not hold out without the castle , which the Duke contemptuously dismissed as ‘ an old hen-coop which he would speedily bring down about their ears ’ . |
| 3 | After a little while , Oliver was so cold that he could n't hold on to the banisters any more . |
| 4 | When Henry V died in Normandy in 1422 mos teutonicus was employed , as it was thought that conventional embalming would not hold out for the journey back to England . |
| 5 | It may be considered that a three year period in 7.6.5 is too long and that two years is an adequate period for reinstatement to take place , but the landlord will probably hold out for the longer period . |
| 6 | If she then plays 3 rounds of Spades trumping in dummy and proceeds to knock out the Ace of Clubs , East can simply hold off to the third round and then lead a Diamond . |