Example sentences of "[adv] hold [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when you first see it , it can be rather frightening , so hold on to small children 's hands . |
| 2 | He said Libya was not being ‘ stubborn ’ , but merely holding out for an honourable solution to the crisis . |
| 3 | ‘ We told Siobhan to come to the window-ledge and to hang down holding on by her fingertips . |
| 4 | If they have never let their son or daughter go but are still jealously holding on to them , they may resent the marriage partner and therefore look for every possible fault . |
| 5 | But they admit that these babies had not achieved complete and independent toileting as they could only hold on to their eliminations for a few minutes and needed help to undress and get on the potty . |
| 6 | And as everything slipped away she could only hold on to the thought that somehow her murderer knew who she was . |
| 7 | Exactly that , although God knows confidence is difficult enough to hold on to . |
| 8 | Mr Eyadéma can not long hold on to power . |
| 9 | Better to hold on to power for a few days or hours longer . |
| 10 | A potential consignment was purportedly held back in the hope of a higher price . |
| 11 | Hodgskin failed to break into the charmed circle of the Edinburgh reviewers , and was constantly held back by his painful self-abnegation and the growing radicalism of his opinions . |
| 12 | It was clear then that Noriega only held on to power by two threads — popular apathy and the loyalty of the Panama Defence Force . |
| 13 | They found , however , that this relationship only held up for workers in small-town settings . |
| 14 | He supposed it was somewhere under the rug , perhaps held on to by old Josh as some sort of comforter . |
| 15 | But the odds were weighted against reason , and other parts of the mind , like some Resistance movement long held down in an oppressed country , came out into the open . |
| 16 | A recent academic study compared the training available to young people in this country and that available to young people in Germany — for so long held out as the model that all other countries should follow in this regard . |
| 17 | He merely held on to it , while Bruce pulled him , and with a gurgle of laughter the boy found the apple was in his hand . |
| 18 | Ask them to be as specific as possible , — and not hold back on any areas , even if they seem embarrassing . |
| 19 | God I do love you , Pippa , I just hold on to that . |
| 20 | Just hold on to your seat belt I 've got somebody right up our backside ! |
| 21 | Cos I 'm certainly not holding back on bloody er jobs now , got ta get charged . |
| 22 | ‘ My tactics are the same as last season — I 'm trying to finish every race but I 'm not holding back from victory . |
| 23 | Parnell was in jail , and the British authorities are desperately holding on to power as support for the Land League accelerates . |
| 24 | I eased down , just holding on for the silver medal , but it was the end of my Commonwealth Games . |
| 25 | There are some cases where I am just holding on to them and not cashing them in . ’ |
| 26 | I did n't know they were coming from She never said she sai just said I 'm just holding out for some |
| 27 | Annie thought , Ruthie , you liar , you do know , you 're just holding back in case we think you 're being heavy , theoretical male for godsake . |
| 28 | We watched her sway away holding on to the rails , her high curls shining , her figure neat , her intense musky scent lingering like a memory in the air after she herself had gone . |
| 29 | I say this with scorn , because the leader of the Labour party can no longer hold out to his people the prospect that they may change the law through this place . |
| 30 | Do not hold on to the interviewer 's hand for too long as this signals overfamiliarity . |