Example sentences of "[pron] hold [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | He held on to the other end , it went underneath him . |
| 32 | The very idea of Poland was an insult to everything Frederick thought Prussia stood for , and the only hope he held out for the Poles was that partition and Germanisation would turn them into useful members of society . |
| 33 | He had a grey hat which he held tightly by the brim with both hands . |
| 34 | It held up in the water , throwing the Luton defence off balance and enabling Black to drive home a left-footed volley . |
| 35 | Apart from providing such basic info as the date that any hit reached pole position , the length of time it held on to the top spot and a full rundown on catalogue numbers , songwriters , producers etc , there 's also a full page of background on the history of the song and its performers . |
| 36 | It held together with the engine , the rest of the fuselage separating which took him out of the major part of the fire . |