Example sentences of "hold [prep] [pos pn] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes she holds onto my arm in the street — you know , just natural , like I 'm a girl and she 's just a friend or summat . |
| 2 | In particular I want to consider what conceptions skilled and unskilled workers hold ‘ in their minds ’ about their working environment and authority within it as represented by management and , conversely , what conceptions managers hold in their minds about the status and process of management . |
| 3 | How many responsibilities of a disparate nature did I have to hold in my mind at the same time ? |
| 4 | It was reported on Jan. 12 that legal proceedings were still continuing against 21 people for their alleged role in plots against Bongo ( some held for their part in the Mamboundou affair , and the others detained for their part in an internal conspiracy by Lt.-Col. Georges Moubandjo , a former aide-de-camp to Bongo ) . |
| 5 | But he held onto his composure on the sunburnt course while others around him failed . |
| 6 | None the less , he did not attend until becoming keeper of the Privy Seal on 2 March 1405 , a post he held until his promotion to the episcopate . |
| 7 | The superintendent started eating hers as soon as they had turned out of Chester Row , peeling back the clingfilm with one hand while shuffling through the sheaf of papers she held in her lap with the other : formal , typewritten statements from people at TV London who had something relevant to say about Nicola Sharpe . |
| 8 | Her appointment was announced yesterday at a lunch held in her honour at the university . |
| 9 | Along with members of their families and work colleagues Gwilym and Harold attended a dinner held in their honour at the Belfry Hotel , Stockport . |
| 10 | Later in the year , when the poet Apollinaire came back from the war with a head wound , a grand banquet was held in his honour at the Palais d'Orléans in the Boulevard du Maine . |
| 11 | At a banquet held in his honour in the Chinese capital Beijing , his host , Lu Ping , Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of China 's State Council , referred to Wilson as " our old friend " who , over the years , had made unremitting efforts to promote mutual trust and co-operation between the UK and China on the Hong Kong issue , on the basis of the Sino-British Joint Declaration , and had made useful contributions to the stability and prosperity of Hong Kong . |
| 12 | The weekly meeting was held in his office at the conference table set in front of the south window . |
| 13 | Friday , 19th : After the day 's programme , a party was held in my rooms in the guest-house . |
| 14 | the jet held on its course by the steady pressure of an image |