Example sentences of "[noun sg] hold [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the 1929 Encyclopaedia Britannica , one theory of consciousness holds it to be inherent in every atom of the body . |
| 2 | Now suppose that the electron 's mass is increased 207 times ( so that it is like a muon ) while it remains subject to the same attractive force holding it around the proton . |
| 3 | Sandwiched between them are Gloucester who lost their 100 per cent record at Saracens , the London club holding them to a 12–12 draw . |
| 4 | Cecilia could see that the man with the bear held it by a chain looped round its neck . |
| 5 | Labour held it until 1983 when SDP President and former Labour MP Ian Wrigglesworth dramatically won with a majority of 102 . |
| 6 | Kate 's voice was full of warm concern as though some conspiracy held them near each other . |
| 7 | Jason hails from St Dodimeads Comprehensive School whose Under-14 side held us to a very creditable 0–0 draw two seasons ago in the County Knock-Out Shield . |
| 8 | He did that several times until he had established the depth to reach the lock and bolt and he now knew a single spring-loaded tumbler holding it in place . |
| 9 | His gaze held hers for a moment , then , turning abruptly , he went out . |
| 10 | Gina stopped where she was , her fingers clenched in the palms of her hand as she fought to control the surge of irritation which threatened to make her lose her temper completely , while Rune 's brilliant gaze held her in thrall , intimate , deliberately self-assured . |
| 11 | The girl held them in approved BHS fashion . |
| 12 | The cold held it at bay despite the glow of the flames on his face . |
| 13 | Abruptly , the sensual haze holding her in its spell was shattered . |
| 14 | Slowly she drained her glass and for a moment held it in front of her , staring at and smoothing the condensation away with her thumb . |
| 15 | The water holds it in place within the pool while it is secured at the top by rocks , paving slabs or turves . |
| 16 | You do not need to stick huge amounts of it onto your works of art to hold them in place . |
| 17 | On the application so to vary the implied undertaking , the applicants undertaking to the court to hold them for the strictly limited purpose of defending the libel proceedings brought against the applicants by the two reinstated officers , and on the question of the effect of public interest immunity : — |
| 18 | In form it is an application at the suit of C.N.L. as a third party for the court to release the appellant from his implied undertaking pursuant to which discovery of the P.C.A. documents was given under the court 's order of 9 July 1991 — released that is to the extent of permitting him to disclose the documents to C.N.L. , they for their part undertaking to the court to hold them for the strictly limited purpose of defending the libel proceedings brought against them by Woodley and Clifford . |
| 19 | Like Descartes , he denied the autonomy of the clockwork : Divine preservation held it in being . |
| 20 | She was no ingénue , to gape like a child at its first Guy Fawkes night , but the sheer volume of erupting sound and colour held her in its thrall , her face as rapt as those of the silent crowds around her . |
| 21 | Koons reacted by shipping the work to Germany on a long-term museum loan , at which point the court held him in contempt , a charge which carries a daily fine . |
| 22 | The farmer 's wife held it in her arms , so that it could not jump at me . |
| 23 | The ferret 's function is to frighten the rabbits so that they bolt out of the holes or to force them to retreat through the burrow system until they become cornered so that they can be dug out while the ferret holds them in that fixed position . |
| 24 | They toppled over the chain holding them in place , spilling themselves and their contents into the road . |
| 25 | A silver cup , purchased by subscription the following year , was to be competed for annually , the winning captain to hold it for a year . |
| 26 | Certainly it was Bernard 's initial belief , in the early days of our marriage , that contraception was a sin : Papal authority held it to be so , and Bernard 's allegiance was to the Pope . |
| 27 | Detectives are applying to magistrates for permission to hold them for a further 24 hours . |
| 28 | The civil service , the House of Lords , the Monarch , the judges , the police , the military , the security services , the Bank of England , a host of Quangos , and even the cabinet and the absolute premiership , are all seen as enjoying varying degrees of political power without any balancing responsibility to hold them in check — as we ourselves will suggest in Chapter 5 . |
| 29 | My voice holds them at bay . |
| 30 | Nothing else mattered any more , nothing else in the entire universe held any significance except the man holding her with such quiet strength . |