Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] hold [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , apocryphal stories only proliferate about someone widely held in great affection ; and in Runcorn 's case the reason for the affection is not hard to find . |
| 2 | I was n't really afraid , I just held onto my Mum 's hand . |
| 3 | It scares me a bit , but I still hold onto her hands . |
| 4 | km. ) of downland west of the Cuckmere , which then held at least 17 regularly-occupied sites . |
| 5 | One was the disk erm , which actually held about erm , three hours ' worth of conversations straight from the corpus er banking , er composition . |
| 6 | The nightmare vision is : down to three or four , with one of them still held by Sir Nicholas Fairbairn — try staffing the Scottish Office with that . |
| 7 | one , two , you just hold on a minute can you , just wait till Mark 's finished , cos it gets a bit confusing cos we get too many people knocking about . |
| 8 | Everyone was walking , you just holding on your like a were n't you ? |
| 9 | ‘ I will leave Lady Lavinia to tell you her plans for herself — if she still holds by them . |
| 10 | Her eyes strayed to the card that she still held in her hand and she almost started as she saw , written in plain bold print , a name that had featured with such regularity recently in the headlines of the business section of the local newspaper that she could not fail to recognise it . |
| 11 | She had only seen Johnny dressed in what she supposed must be the nineteen forties ' version of casual wear ; but , of course , when he was formally attired he would have worn starched collars with his shirt , detachable and fastened with one of the studs which she now held in her hand . |
| 12 | Such a recitation may lead to the conclusion that one who consistently holds to this position ( as has been my experience ) lands outside the church . |
| 13 | While it would be misleading to present the members of the Annales school as a wholly homogeneous group committed to a single methodology , they nevertheless hold in common a number of views about the study of the past . |
| 14 | Vitally for small manufacturers , the more parts they use from large manufacturers that have already gained Type Approval in another application , the cheaper the tests will be ; MIRA 's inspectors will be able to cross-check data they already hold for , say , a wheel , a light or a mirror , using their discretion as to whether they think its new role is fit and proper . |
| 15 | But they failed to do so , and when Henry returned to France he was able to clear the enemy from strongholds which they still held near Paris , including the formidable town and fortress of Meaux , before which he spent some seven months in 1421–2 . |
| 16 | Generalizations hold for the known cases which prompted them but are not scientifically interesting unless they also hold for others . |
| 17 | The maternal words ‘ If you do n't study hard , you 'll end up on the check-out counter at Tesco 's ’ had had , if not the intended effect , the result of causing Camille and her friends to look down on shop assistants , bank clerks and bus drivers : for more recondite reasons of their own they also held in contempt estate and travel agents and people who worked in advertising . |
| 18 | Many people associate the Alexander Technique with putting particular parts of the body into certain positions which they then hold in place thinking that this is improved posture . |
| 19 | Ray and Paul Ranson , of Sheffield , yesterday regained the Remington Father and Son Tennis Championship they previously held in 1989 . |
| 20 | Only when Marcella had relaxed sufficiently to sit back in her chair and release her tight hold on the dog did he risk intervention : ‘ We came to talk about the Garlands . ’ |
| 21 | After a spell in private practice , Vial was made equerry to Louis XVI and chef de manège of the Lyons riding academy , a post he apparently held for some years , but could not retain . |
| 22 | The first of these , which formed part of Gloucester 's original endowment , was the manor of Kingston Lacy in Dorset , which he apparently held for the rest of the reign . |
| 23 | The first of these , which formed part of Gloucester 's original endowment , was the manor of Kingston Lacy in Dorset , which he apparently held for the rest of the reign . |
| 24 | However , we see the thesis as overambitious since it only holds for certain groups and issues and for a particular period of British politics — and that period , may have passed at least for the moment . |
| 25 | The Serbian government is unlikely to start problems in an area it already holds with an iron fist . |
| 26 | The last one-man show he ever held in London was staged at the Leger Gallery ( 1943 ) , and the only art school to accept him as a teacher was the Borough Polytechnic , where he taught part-time from 1945 to 1953 . |
| 27 | Some passion he still held for his fiancée ? |
| 28 | Then he thrust his knife back into its sheath and spoke towards the gleaming skull he still held in his left hand . |
| 29 | ’ She narrowed her eyes , then tilted her head slightly , indicating the warrant card he still held in one hand . |
| 30 | She glanced at the screwdriver he still held in his hand . |