Example sentences of "[pron] hold [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She held out for a federal party in the negotiations with the Russians ( 1902 ) to the point where the talks broke down . |
| 3 | She held out for a mammoth ten seconds and then , weak where he was concerned , she could hold out no longer , and collapsed weakly , clingingly , against him . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In the end , they held on for the vital points , having gained five in their last three games to ensure safety . |
| 6 | Richard and a few followers escaped downstream to Geoffrey de Rancon 's castle at Taillebourg while the bulk of his troops were driven back into the cathedral , where they held out for a few days . |
| 7 | Well I put me clothes out at twelve o'clock , I says to Linda if it holds out for a couple |
| 8 | Would it hold up for the half-minute or so it would take me to drive across ? |
| 9 | 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 . |