Example sentences of "hold [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hold on with one hand , landing in a fast-moving heap that upsets the sledge 's balance . |
| 2 | But when you first see it , it can be rather frightening , so hold on to small children 's hands . |
| 3 | She held on tight to him , murmuring , ‘ Oh , my darling , hug Mummy , hold on to poor Mummy , poor Mummy 's had a terrible shock . ’ |
| 4 | Under this pressure , all ordinary human ambivalence and doubt is outlawed : adopters become guilty or angry when the relationship does not proceed according to the fantasy or reality of ordinary parenting ; children suppress their fantasies of an alternative life with birth parents — or hold on to that fantasy all the more tenaciously — and birth mothers , in particular , are pushed into a denial of their own experience and feelings . |
| 5 | ‘ Hold on to that bloody cider , ’ Billy yelled Yanto twisted around on his seat and looked at Billy . |
| 6 | ‘ Hold on to that for dear life , because once you 've lost it , you 've lost everything . ’ |
| 7 | Hold on to that thought and try not to panic . |
| 8 | You hold on to that and you and you can , sort of talk it through . |
| 9 | With that , hold on to that . |
| 10 | Hold on to that for your mum . |
| 11 | Now then hold on to that , that 's enough . |
| 12 | God I do love you , Pippa , I just hold on to that . |
| 13 | You hold on to that . |
| 14 | You hold on to that handle . |
| 15 | You hold on to that . |
| 16 | Try and hold on to twelve numbers , here we go . |
| 17 | But the security and long-term attractions of many of the investor/developers , as opposed to the property traders which hold on to little of what they develop , makes many of the downgradings a nonsense . |
| 18 | Psychologists believe that we hold on to certain stories because they enable us to make sense of an otherwise confusing world — that we learn through stories and see our way through to maturity with their help . |
| 19 | A familiar disjunction : while we hold on to personal musical favourites dating back over twenty-five years because we still enjoy listening to them , the music which brings on the fiercest nostalgia is often a terrible , loathsome noise with which we think we have nothing in common . |
| 20 | ‘ Manufacturers are struggling , but our sales are buoyant as people hold on to old cars , ’ Holmes says . |
| 21 | Hold on to this tension for a slow count to five , then let your feet relax and become limp as you breathe out with a sigh . |
| 22 | Hold on to this |
| 23 | If I hold on to these things they go , and if I let go of them they go , and so my life goes . |
| 24 | Hold on to those . |
| 25 | You hold on to those for the moment . |
| 26 | Hold on to some part of your legs which you can reach without straining . |
| 27 | Now they wear little except shorts and light rubber-soled pumps and hold on to vertical cliff walls like flies with a combination of sticky powder on their fingers , the faith of an Indian fakir , and tons of hardware in the shape of bolts , runners and slings hammered into the rocks . |
| 28 | Champions hold on for exciting draw |
| 29 | These include a one per cent discount for single contributions and a five per cent loyalty bonus for people who hold on for ten years . |
| 30 | National laws hold only within one country , but the laws of physics are the same in Britain , the United States , and Japan . |