Example sentences of "[noun] hold [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | St Albans held on for the rest of the match to win 2–1 and take the ladies ' title for the second time and make up for four previous final defeats by Mutineers . |
| 2 | It seemed that the Bangor girl had timed her late surge to perfection , but Martin held on for the closest of wins . |
| 3 | He was ready now , and had his hand held out for the instrument , lightly brushing her fingers accidentally as she passed it to him . |
| 4 | This connection between high status employment work and present dissatisfaction with housework holds only for the middle-class women , but there is evidence that the tendency to be dissatisfied with housework in relation to the status of one 's previous job may involve the question of a ‘ reference group ’ . |
| 5 | He either could go for the vital boundary himself , or back his and his partner 's ability to hold fast for the remaining three overs and also gather the runs as insurance . |
| 6 | What is important to highlight at this juncture is the attraction that such a possibility held out for the intellectual workers of the time . |