Example sentences of "[not/n't] hold [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Assessments of the permissible level of incidental catch should be based on the desirability of returning dolphin stocks to original levels , not holding them at a depleted level through a continuation of a high level of incidental kill . |
| 2 | I know they do not hold me in high regard . |
| 3 | In spate it was a terrifying torrent which uprooted whole trees and smashed them to driftwood ; in drought it was an evil-tempered stream which grudged them water and tugged the pots from her hands if she did not hold them with all her strength . |
| 4 | Where the difficulty is one of applying the provision rather than a conceptual uncertainty the court will not hold it to be void ( Brown v Gould ) ; and a provision in a lease will not be uncertain if it can be made certain . |
| 5 | In Shell UK v Lostock Garage Ltd [ 1976 ] 1 WLR 1187 Lord Denning MR explained what he thought was meant by the proposition that reasonableness is to be considered at the time when the contract is made : If the terms impose a restraint which is unreasonable in the sense that it may work unfairly in circumstances which may reasonably be anticipated , the courts will refuse to enforce the restraint : but it will not hold it to be unenforceable simply because it might work unfairly in certain exceptional circumstances outside the reasonable expectation of the parties at the time of making the agreement . |
| 6 | But Alexander could not hold it against the Edoni , local tribesmen , which may have given the Athenians the idea that they could move in and plant a colony ( 465 ) . |
| 7 | It is a decision to make a commitment not to bring the offence up against the individual any longer , a commitment not to hold it against the person , to separate the sin from the sinner . |
| 8 | It is not going to happen all at once , so we have to hark back to that original commitment and say , ‘ I 've made a commitment not to bring this up any more , not to hold it against them . ’ |
| 9 | He is n't holding you against your will ? |
| 10 | Do n't hold me at arms length , my child , |
| 11 | Very lucky visitors may even see an otter here — but do n't hold me to it ! |
| 12 | At a guess I 'd say he 's probably been dead five or six hours but do n't hold me to that . |
| 13 | I 've worked out a way of stalling , but it wo n't hold him for ever . |
| 14 | ‘ That wo n't hold them for long . |
| 15 | Her own lips twitched and , even if his smile had n't made it , try as she might , she could n't hold hers in . |
| 16 | just a minute , I ca n't hold it at the moment Tim ! |
| 17 | Tim , I ca n't hold it at the moment ! |
| 18 | He captured the citadel but he only had a few troops with him and it was clear he could n't hold it for long , so he pushed on east past Excideuil into the Limousin , driving straight into the heartland of the rebel cause and devastating the country as he went . |
| 19 | However small your event is , do n't hold it in a hotel or other venue that does not provide good crowd flow , catering service , easy-to-reach toilets and any other facilities you need . |
| 20 | Do n't hold it in front of your mouth ! |
| 21 | Do n't hold it in front of your mouth ! |
| 22 | Of course , one ca n't hold it against him . |
| 23 | ‘ But I did n't hold it against her in any way . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ They do n't hold it against me , do they ? ’ |
| 25 | The bespectacled motormouth gets a cover splash on the New York Post for urging black kids to skip school the day his Malcolm X biopic opens , claiming that ‘ the teachers ca n't hold it against them if they write a report on what they see . ’ |
| 26 | As you know , I do n't hold it against him that his father was n't married to his mother . |
| 27 | I would n't hold it against you if you did n't read it . |
| 28 | And as long as you keep producing the champagne and caviar , I wo n't hold it against you that you nearly had me exterminated by an octogenarian . ’ |
| 29 | You can forgive or punish at the same time ca n't you , you can punish somebody and say that is wrong and yet you forgive them , that is you do n't hold it against them but you later on . |
| 30 | as to how you personally , we wo n't hold it against you , but how you personally might like to see that going . |