Example sentences of "[noun prp] hold out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man counts the money and they argue for a while , Tod saying nine hundred , the man saying seven , then the man saying six while Tod holds out for a thou , and so on . |
| 2 | Langford pulled a goal back on sixty eight minutes , but Thame held out for another victory and they still top the South Midland League . |
| 3 | Visitors Cholmondeley held out for a draw on 130 for seven . |
| 4 | The major obstacles to more conservative — Dr Anusavice holds out for ‘ ultraconservative ’ — dentistry are the outmoded attitudes of dentists and their patients . |
| 5 | Masada held out for two years . |
| 6 | Aussie skipper Border and pace bowler Merv Hughes , who was fined Pounds 185 , appealed vigorously for lbw decisions as tail-enders Ian Bishop and Courtney Walsh held out for a draw in Brisbane . |
| 7 | She took the cup Lee held out to her in her knobbly hands . |
| 8 | They needed two wickets in the final over but picked up only one as Hightown held out at 110–9 . |
| 9 | Gould could not resist plucking every fruit that Australia held out to him . |
| 10 | Mushtaq Ahmed held out for an hour-and-a-half for 11 , standing by Malik while the biggest stand of the innings — 64 — was constructed . |
| 11 | France was virtually the only kingdom of central Europe to hold out against papal influence . |
| 12 | The discussion continued for an hour or so ; some Janab held out for 7000 dinars , others said that was too much . |
| 13 | Re-visioning our economy is the opportunity James Robertson holds out in Future Wealth — A New Economics for the 21st Century ( Cassell ) . |
| 14 | Wallace Mercer holding out for a better offer . |
| 15 | On a Russian tour when he had a lot of causes for dissatisfaction , snapshots show him still lively : pretending to drop a kopek into the hat Marcia Haydée holds out to him ; embracing a Russian colleague , Yuri Grigorovich of the Bolshoi ; thoughtfully watching a Russian ballet class . |
| 16 | After the interval , chances were few and far between and most of the early play took place in mid-field , but towards the end Hucklecote applied severe pressure , but the visitor 's defence superbly mastered by outside half , Neil Smith held out for a fine hard-earned victory . |