Example sentences of "[pers pn] hold [adj] for " in BNC.
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1 | Shall I hold that for you while we put |
2 | Can you hold that for a mo ? |
3 | Among those she held responsible for her party 's defeat was the President , Ghulam Ishaq Khan who , she claimed , had " wanted to keep the PPP out " . |
4 | Let me hold this for you . |
5 | Emmanuel Mounier and the young collaborationist intellectuals of Jeune France were the first to propose the idea of a State culture to counter the empty capitalist hedonism , which they held responsible for the moral catastrophe of 1940 . |
6 | Government troops killed over 40 Tamils whom they held responsible for the Aug. 6 incidents , after Wijeratne had declared that " we will show no mercy to these Tamil terrorists , criminals who do not deserve to live " . |
7 | Calling on the government to honour pledges of land and credit made to the contras before their demobilization in June [ see p. 37450 ] , they had also demanded the dismissal of former Sandinista leader Gen. Humberto Ortega Saavedra as C.-in-C. of the Armed Forces , and the resignation of Antonio Lacayo Oyanguren , Minister of the Presidency , and Carlos Hurtado Cabrera , Minister of the Interior , whom they held responsible for the October economic pact between the government and the opposition Sandinista-controlled unions [ see p. 37771 ] . |