Example sentences of "[vb infin] hold [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He may decide to hold off for a few days and give steroids to develop the lungs , ’ Belinda suggested . |
| 2 | In the US , buyers will have to hold back for 90 days after the issue because of Securities Exchange Commission restrictions on overseas dealings . |
| 3 | In the US , buyers will have to hold back for 90 days after the issue because of Securities Exchange Commission restrictions on overseas dealings . |
| 4 | If I 'd been a union member I might have held out for a better offer or some redundancy money , but I was n't , so that was that . |
| 5 | We could have held out for another three years and got over all the changes and benefited financially , but I do n't believe finance is the be-all and end-all of everything . |
| 6 | Although the result was generally welcomed as a great triumph for the men , some ETS members and some political groups thought they should have held out for even more concessions . |