Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] hold [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Could you just hold up the bidding while my boys settle with the opposition ? ’ |
| 2 | Although Leapor accepts that many women are guilty of inconstancy and immoderate behaviour , she nonetheless holds out the prospect of transformation . |
| 3 | Parental responsibility should be treated as the greatest and most important undertaking of human life , albeit the one potentially holding out the promise of the greatest happiness . |
| 4 | Then he slowly held up the object he had carried from the car — the object he had found in the gas station . |
| 5 | Although a picture of NCC confusion emerged from this study it still held out the hope , if only by implication , that more rigorous thinking would achieve better results . |
| 6 | For , even in these difficult times , he still holds dear the thought of League football arriving at ‘ The Tip ’ . |
| 7 | He also held out the possibility of including right-wing parties in his coalition , in return for their support for Labour policy . |