Example sentences of "[pron] hold for [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This limitation in time is most clearly seen in the case of a life estate , whether it be an estate held for the life of the tenant , or what is called an estate pur autre vie , one held for the life or lives of some other person or persons .
2 There is nothing worse than being told ‘ Yes , we had a lovely book all about the fête we held for the coronation , but I have n't seen it for some years .
3 You would have forfeited Tracy Castle immediately , and ‘ t would have been granted to me to hold for the King .
4 If only it holds for a while . ’
5 When the Gamble & Crosfields partnership was dissolved in 1845 , Shanks became a partner in the new firm , Crosfield Bros. & Co. , a position he held for the rest of his life .
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