Example sentences of "hold [adv] for a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | East Belfast-based midfielder Keery ( 28 ) has been holding out for a better deal than the one on offer . |
| 2 | Wallace Mercer holding out for a better offer . |
| 3 | With Amstrad shares edging ahead to 29p , just 1p below the offer price , analysts were expecting shareholders to hold out for a better offer . |
| 4 | Greece sought until the last moment to hold out for a higher ceiling than the 60,500 transit licences offered to Greek lorries . |
| 5 | Shaking a match out involves a lot of rattling and scratching about , before he lights the turd using two matches held together for a brighter flare . |
| 6 | If I 'd been a union member I might have held out for a better offer or some redundancy money , but I was n't , so that was that . |