Example sentences of "[noun sg] hold out for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spent the afternoon watching youngest son 's team holding out for a draw while rushing to and from the car to get the latest score from Lord 's . |
| 2 | Greece sought until the last moment to hold out for a higher ceiling than the 60,500 transit licences offered to Greek lorries . |
| 3 | The refugees have spent six days on the Austrian border holding out for British permits . |
| 4 | But the English Commissioners and English Government held out for an incorporating union , and prevailed . |
| 5 | At the barrier he was first in the queue , his Triple-A pass held out for inspection . |
| 6 | He was ready now , and had his hand held out for the instrument , lightly brushing her fingers accidentally as she passed it to him . |
| 7 | The pro-English party must have realised , however , that neither they nor their masters in London were in a position to hold out for long . |
| 8 | What is important to highlight at this juncture is the attraction that such a possibility held out for the intellectual workers of the time . |
| 9 | As long as the money held out for her , that was enough . |