Example sentences of "hold fast [prep] the " in BNC.

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1	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 .
2	The brief silence seemed to stretch down the long room and hold fast by the pillars of the door , and every eye in the hall fixed greedily on the three at the high table .
3	‘ Saving our skins , ’ she said holding fast to the plans that begged to be told , because there still was n't enough time .
4	Downstairs Mrs Diggory , holding fast to the protesting Hector 's collar , smiled to herself with grim satisfaction , and went off to the kitchen .
5	He either could go for the vital boundary himself , or back his and his partner 's ability to hold fast for the remaining three overs and also gather the runs as insurance .
6	Seawitch 's stern swung round , her bow held fast by the anchor chain as a sudden gust of wind caught her .
7	Taken and imprisoned and held fast in the black depths of the Dark Ireland .
8	He had been asleep for some time , physically exhausted after his ordeal , but now he tossed and turned , held fast in the grip of some awful nightmare .
9	It was true , she said — Sir Gregory Roscarrock was indeed her grandfather , and that was why her father had held fast to the Old Faith .
10	That country was held fast in the grip of a most oppressive regime and there was never the remotest possibility that anyone could come .
11	Held fast in the mud with her cargo of bricks , she had failed to come up with the rising tide and the water had turned her over .
12	The ant endeavoured to escape , but was held fast by the clammy juice at the points of the hairs , which was drawn out by its feet into fine threads .
13	Fenella and Caspar were both held fast by the wet gumminess of the Melanisms and Nuadu and the Robemaker 's slaves were chained and manacled inside the treadmills .

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