Example sentences of "[noun] hold out for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man counts the money and they argue for a while , Tod saying nine hundred , the man saying seven , then the man saying six while Tod holds out for a thou , and so on . |
| 2 | Visitors Cholmondeley held out for a draw on 130 for seven . |
| 3 | Spent the afternoon watching youngest son 's team holding out for a draw while rushing to and from the car to get the latest score from Lord 's . |
| 4 | Greece sought until the last moment to hold out for a higher ceiling than the 60,500 transit licences offered to Greek lorries . |
| 5 | Aussie skipper Border and pace bowler Merv Hughes , who was fined Pounds 185 , appealed vigorously for lbw decisions as tail-enders Ian Bishop and Courtney Walsh held out for a draw in Brisbane . |
| 6 | Mushtaq Ahmed held out for an hour-and-a-half for 11 , standing by Malik while the biggest stand of the innings — 64 — was constructed . |
| 7 | With Amstrad shares edging ahead to 29p , just 1p below the offer price , analysts were expecting shareholders to hold out for a better offer . |
| 8 | But the English Commissioners and English Government held out for an incorporating union , and prevailed . |
| 9 | He was ready now , and had his hand held out for the instrument , lightly brushing her fingers accidentally as she passed it to him . |
| 10 | Wallace Mercer holding out for a better offer . |
| 11 | What is important to highlight at this juncture is the attraction that such a possibility held out for the intellectual workers of the time . |
| 12 | After the interval , chances were few and far between and most of the early play took place in mid-field , but towards the end Hucklecote applied severe pressure , but the visitor 's defence superbly mastered by outside half , Neil Smith held out for a fine hard-earned victory . |