Example sentences of "hold [adv] [prep] a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sachin Tendulkar moved quickly on to 19 at which stage the Indian was twice put down , first by Mark Nicholas at short cover and then by David Gower who could not hold on to a hot left-handed chance at second slip , the unlucky bowler on both occasions being Connor . |
| 2 | Harvey scrambled up some roughly cut foot-holds , held on to a gnarled grey tree and offered me his other hand . |
| 3 | She and Victorine held on to a great square sheet . |
| 4 | IMRAN KHAN became the fifth player in Test history to take 350 wickets — joining Richard Hadlee , Ian Botham , Dennis Lillee and Kapil Dev — when he held on to a fine one-handed return catch to dismiss Ravi Shastri yesterday as India lost their last seven wickets for 143 on the second day of the fourth and final Test in Sialkot . |
| 5 | The 4–5 favourite held on by a fast diminishing half-length from Swift Buck who was attempting to give his jockey , John McIrvine , a record third successive win in the race . |
| 6 | Ramshackle , held together by a thousand personalised special arrangements , a state existed , still , in the ninth century , capable of being operated by a skilful king . |
| 7 | The upper layer is held away from a lower resistive film by an insulating mesh . |
| 8 | The trailer brakes could be held off by a separate braking system when coupled to the tractor . |
| 9 | In the north-east of England , a joint proposal by International Technology Europe and Northumbrian Water for two plants designed to burn sewage sludge and organic chemicals is currently being held up by a lengthy public enquiry , with local people in strong opposition . |
| 10 | Normally a modest stream , it occasionally becomes a torrent after a downpour and , when held up by a high tide-can give rise to flooding in the lower part of the town as , spectacularly , in 1914 and 1935 . |
| 11 | She walked with him to his carriage , the reckless high-perch phaeton she had seen often enough outside the Fleece , his horse held now by a wizened little urchin quite blue with cold , to whom he tossed a coin . |