Example sentences of "[pron] hold [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1547 , after the English victory over the Scots at Pinkie , Huntly was to say ‘ I hold well with the marriage , but I like not this wooing ’ . |
| 2 | I held on to the counter . |
| 3 | It was normal practice for Rome to establish buffer states on her frontiers in the form of client kingdoms , an arrangement which held only for the lifetime of the chosen ruler . |
| 4 | A person who holds over at the end of a lease is not a trespasser until demand is made , as only the person in possession can be trespassed against ( Hey v Moorhouse ( 1839 ) 6 Bing NC 52 ) . |
| 5 | Moore is also the man who holds fixedly to the belief that it is solely because he lives in a Labour borough that his pavements have broken and cracked paving-stones . |
| 6 | From his point of view , Modernism as a sub-species of romantic anti-capitalism is one partial moment in the rejection of the consequences of Enlightenment properly understood : understood , that is , in terms of a Marxism which is itself held out as the genuine heir to the Enlightenment narrative of emancipation and its romantic critique . |
| 7 | She held on to the rail and to her bag . |
| 8 | She held on to the far side of the desk , and moaned . |
| 9 | As the creature moved within five metres of her , she held on to the chair with both hands and ran straight at the creature 's unprotected stomach area . |
| 10 | She held on to the slim hope of the towel as a disguise . |
| 11 | For the first time since Tamar had met her , the putty-coloured cheeks were flushed and the hands which she held out for the child were shaking . |
| 12 | Who held forth on the dollar and the yen — |
| 13 | Those who held forth in the Royal Institution in the second half of the nineteenth century , or who addressed large audiences at the British Association or its equivalents in other countries , were confident ; and they had reason for their confidence . |
| 14 | If we hold on to the suffering of those nearest to us , we may not be strong enough to offer any real help by lifting them from whatever is affecting them . |
| 15 | It makes it all the more important that , as a country , we hold fast to the alliance and to the policies which have stood us — and the cause of peace in Europe — in such good stead for so long . |
| 16 | Objective 1 status would provide 53,000 people from Dornoch northwards with a modern rail service , not one held back in the 19th century . ’ |
| 17 | Second , at the very tip of their abdomen they possess a hook-like structure which enables them to hold on to the shell . |
| 18 | ‘ However well acted and directed they are , Americans find they hold back on the emotions . |
| 19 | In the end , they held on for the vital points , having gained five in their last three games to ensure safety . |
| 20 | There was a strong chase behind and the leaders never got more than a 25-second gap but they held on to the finish where Scott was strongest up the hill to 21 win by a second with Downey a further 14 seconds back . |
| 21 | Denmead opened the scoring through Chris King and they held on until the second half when Campbell Wilson equalised for Good Sports . |
| 22 | But the more one looks at the character of the prison population the more one is struck by the magnifying mirror that it holds up to the inequalities of our society . |
| 23 | Well when you had your grab , you used to lower it on the deck of the , deck of the erm trawler and when you open your grab , that much , a lot of it hold up in the grab you see , you could n't get so of course when you did take your grab up , lot of it went over the side . |
| 24 | ‘ I was quite worried about making it hold up on the screen for two-and-a-half hours and it gave me pause . |
| 25 | Would it hold up for the half-minute or so it would take me to drive across ? |
| 26 | Does it hold on to the exclusive for its major shareholders or go with its journalistic impulses ? |
| 27 | I think I 'll have a beer tonight Knock , give the jake a rest , ’ said Yanto ‘ Suit yourself , ’ Knocker replied , and drew off a pint of bitter , which he held up to the light . |
| 28 | Martin had pulled himself up to his feet now and he held on to the back of the chair as he nodded at her , then watched her go towards the door . |
| 29 | He held on to the machine by the handlebars as he turned off the road and started to push it up the steeper incline of the track . |
| 30 | He held on to the rail . |