Example sentences of "[pron] hold [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I hold on to these things they go , and if I let go of them they go , and so my life goes . |
| 2 | Not while I hold on to my cottage , there is n't . |
| 3 | I hold on with one hand , landing in a fast-moving heap that upsets the sledge 's balance . |
| 4 | No , I hold on in there till the last moment . |
| 5 | The defensive manoeuvre behind it is something like this : if I do n't acknowledge that this thing has happened then I do n't have to believe it is true ; I wo n't have to understand what has occurred if I hold off from consciously realizing that it has happened . |
| 6 | How long should I hold on to records ? |
| 7 | No longer will I hold on to my lifelong belief that events in the world around me threaten my personal identity . |
| 8 | I held on to her and called for help . ’ |
| 9 | Otley and I held on to him while Nigel searched for a large piece of wood to haul him out with , and in the meantime we had a close-up of the lush vegetation of the riverside : buttercups , forget-me-nots , dog roses and honeysuckle and the shy little water avens modestly hiding its peach-coloured face . |
| 10 | I held on to the counter . |
| 11 | I held on to my dinner like a man , which disappointed Brown , who clearly thought I was n't . |
| 12 | But I held on to my tongue , and got sent to interview Scottish big ears , Paul Haig . |
| 13 | I held on to his hand as we went through the gate . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't know why I held out for so long . ’ |
| 15 | The liability of someone held out to be a partner is co-extensive with the liability of partners properly so called ( see s14 above ) . |
| 16 | The ash is a classic example of a tree which holds on to its fruits well into the next season even though they may have been ripe since October . |
| 17 | This lush green mountainous island , with one of the best all-year-round climates in the world , is also a huge self-regulating reservoir which holds up to 200 million cubic metres of water . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | On a new ultra-smooth track , and in a race which began with a multi-car shunt at the start , he drove an absolutely perfect race , while Niki got himself held up in traffic by the inexperienced Mauro Baldi and could do no better than finish fourth . |
| 20 | One of the most popular forms of transport in London at that time was the omnibus drawn by a pair of horses — worked for three hours a day , with a rest every half-mile — which , by 1890 , had become double-deckers with an outside staircase at the back , and which held up to twenty-six passengers . |
| 21 | She hoots and is about to say something , but she holds off in front of Darius and squints at me to see what I mean . |
| 22 | A person who holds over at the end of a lease is not a trespasser until demand is made , as only the person in possession can be trespassed against ( Hey v Moorhouse ( 1839 ) 6 Bing NC 52 ) . |
| 23 | Are they maintained by anger from the past , which you hold on to ? |
| 24 | You hold on to that and you and you can , sort of talk it through . |
| 25 | You hold on to those for the moment . |
| 26 | You hold on to that . |
| 27 | That brass ring at her neck , attached to the zip all the way down that dress , like the ring you hold on to when you leap from a plane , plunging in free fall till you dare no more , then you pull the ring down , down and float in airy freedom , master of all you survey . |
| 28 | ‘ You hold on to McAllister . |
| 29 | You hold on to there . |
| 30 | You hold on to that handle . |