Example sentences of "[pron] hold [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've lifted it to my ear before my brain switches to caution , so I hold onto the handset without speaking . |
| 2 | ‘ Would it be enough if you had someone to hold during the long , cold nights ? ’ |
| 3 | Particularly away to Stuttgart when Leeds were desperate for someone to hold onto the ball to give the defence some respite . |
| 4 | Sometimes I held onto the receiver without putting it back into its cradle ; distractedly , I held it , with Kool and the Gang wafting from the radio . |
| 5 | She took off her glove before removing one from the pack I held over the desk . |
| 6 | As we sat there at the wedding-feast I held to the pedestrian belief that the rustling jetsam at my feet was merely the accumulation of champagne foil . |
| 7 | The trees grabbed at him with twiggy fingers as he rose up through them , lurching this way and that in the gusts , and then he felt himself held against the invisible rushing breast of the long Wind , as she hurled moaning along the sky . |
| 8 | A SUBDUED , tearful Mrs Winnie Mandela announced her resignation yesterday as head of the African National Congress 's social welfare department , the highest office she holds in the organisation . |
| 9 | Organisational authority refers to the scope and amount of discretion given to a person to make decisions , by virtue of the position he or she holds in the organisation . |
| 10 | Do not forget the significance of any shares that you hold in the company or any rights that you have under a share incentive scheme . |
| 11 | I could n't hold the component in a sash cramp , itself held in the vice , because the bearing at the base of the router fouled the sash cramp . |
| 12 | When she retired from the RCM in 1948 she went on to run the Violet Melchet Infant Welfare Centre near Sloane Square , a job she held for the next twenty years . |
| 13 | Mrs Stych snapped back that all the ladies present must be well aware of the multitude of offices she held in the charitable organizations of Tollemarche . |
| 14 | If you held on the forward stick , the nose down attitude would increase and the model would move away from you at ever increasing speed and things would rapidly develop into an uncontrollable situation for the novice . |
| 15 | In sum the archaeological evidence confirms in rather a striking manner the impression conveyed by writers who held to the view that ivory connoted luxury and in itself constituted a treasure in much the same sense as gold , silver and precious stones . |
| 16 | But if we hold to the idea of democracy as popular power , then it is clear that the concentration of so much power in non-accountable hands , outside the control of elected bodies , is incompatible with democracy . |
| 17 | This limitation in time is most clearly seen in the case of a life estate , whether it be an estate held for the life of the tenant , or what is called an estate pur autre vie , one held for the life or lives of some other person or persons . |
| 18 | There 's nothing like a long Technical Run to dissipate any euphoria attached to a theatrical production , and that was the effect of the one held for The Hooded Owl on the evening of Sunday , 26th October , 1980 . |
| 19 | It must be declared and tax paid on the cost to your employer ( a Christmas party is exempt if it is the only one held in the year and costs no more than £50 a head ) . |
| 20 | There is nothing worse than being told ‘ Yes , we had a lovely book all about the fête we held for the coronation , but I have n't seen it for some years . |
| 21 | The colouring competition we held in the Christmas issue of the Journal proved to be a great success . |
| 22 | You would have forfeited Tracy Castle immediately , and ‘ t would have been granted to me to hold for the King . |
| 23 | Political scientists and economists differ in the views they hold about the extent to which central government ought to control the activities of local government . |
| 24 | what they hold on the shoulders |
| 25 | If it was not for the Grand Slam tournaments and the unique place they hold in the game , I am sure we would be losing this vital battle . ’ |
| 26 | The Hill Samuel plan envisages splitting off the UK naval and avionics businesses and giving shareholders one share in the new company for every share they hold in the existing organisation . |
| 27 | Their holders would adopt the same position of relative irrelevance that they hold in the republican democracies of Europe . |
| 28 | Now it was possible for a settlor who conveyed land to A to direct him to hold to the use of B ; and then to direct that , on the happening of an event , e.g. B 's marriage , B's use should shift to C. This use in favour of C was a shifting use . |
| 29 | Then the rest of the year was covered , a month at a time , by each of seven vassals , in return for the fiefs they held of the count . |
| 30 | Because they saw no way out of the situation for themselves , they held to the belief that if their children had better opportunities , particularly education , it would enable their children to have far better working lives . |