Example sentences of "held [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end , they held on for the vital points , having gained five in their last three games to ensure safety . |
| 2 | St Albans held on for the rest of the match to win 2–1 and take the ladies ' title for the second time and make up for four previous final defeats by Mutineers . |
| 3 | It seemed that the Bangor girl had timed her late surge to perfection , but Martin held on for the closest of wins . |
| 4 | It was normal practice for Rome to establish buffer states on her frontiers in the form of client kingdoms , an arrangement which held only for the lifetime of the chosen ruler . |
| 5 | The very idea of Poland was an insult to everything Frederick thought Prussia stood for , and the only hope he held out for the Poles was that partition and Germanisation would turn them into useful members of society . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | What is important to highlight at this juncture is the attraction that such a possibility held out for the intellectual workers of the time . |