Example sentences of "[verb] hold [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I realised this was unusual for an owl , because in the wild they tend to swallow their prey whole , so I simply stopped holding on to the chick and soon she was gobbling it up in one . |
| 2 | A couple of miles down the road at London Irish they still want to hold on to the Irish connection , even if that leads to qualification by reading The Irish Times . |
| 3 | At this juncture I merely want to hold on to the notion that workers are pressed , for a variety of reasons , into a dependent position of an infantile-like nature , which is felt to be unalterable , in many industrial enterprises . |
| 4 | But I want to hold on to the role . ’ |
| 5 | She tried to hold on to the heady rapture that was sweeping her along like a river in flood . |
| 6 | When that happened , the others , those whose canoes sank , tried to hold on to the canoes that were still afloat . |
| 7 | I was going on with it , all the bumps were okay but when I was actually inside the building again I hung on to GrandPat to get to the steps but my hand slipped so I was going round with the current so I tried to hold on to the orange thing that they had put there but I slipped off that and I kept on going round and the lifeguard gave erm me and somebody else a hoop and we both grabbed onto it |
| 8 | When at the top he was disappointed to find no flag , but with some cautious experimentation discovered that he did not need to hold on to the pole — he could float . |
| 9 | ‘ Advertising revenue has held well over the last year and we now see some small signs of an upturn after three years of recession , ’ he explained . |
| 10 | For nearly a week the fist of the frost has held tight to the land . |
| 11 | If this state of affairs continues the state will be denied an important source of legitimation for its own authority — namely the promise ( which it has held out in the past ) of a steady increase in the level of material well-being enjoyed by the population as a whole ( Poggi , 1978 ; Winkler , 1975 ; Poulantzas , 1978 ; Habermas , 1971 , 1976 ) . |
| 12 | They can hardly design a Mulberry harbour and tented village for Iona which has held out against the ravages of the Atlantic , the Viking , the climate , and the disinterest of the Scot in his religious heritage . |
| 13 | Stop holding on to the wall like that ! ’ |
| 14 | Authorship is identity in the textual sphere , and hence gay people , like all marginal groups , have , at present , a political stake in wanting to hold on to the Author despite her/his expulsion from prevailing postmodernist theories . |
| 15 | Swindon insist there 's been no formal approach by Cheslea and still hope to hold on to the architect of Monday 's triumph . |
| 16 | Here 's an imag-inary line-up Leeds might be fielding now if they 'd held on to the stars they rejected . |
| 17 | The police explained why they 'd held on to the vehicles which were being kept near Malvern , not at Worcester . |
| 18 | Without a specific perpetuity period of at least the length of the term ( if the term exceeds 21 years ) plus a few additional years to cover holding over under the 1954 Act , there would be no right to use pipes placed under the premises during the 23rd year of the term . |
| 19 | We would like to hold on to the VHS copies for a further 3 weeks . |
| 20 | I have added a further £25 because I have appreciated holding on to the material for so long . |
| 21 | " I can show you how , " he promised , " but we would have to hold on to the back of a chair . " |
| 22 | With a mother who was active in B'nai B'rith , Anne Barth was offered a place on one of the early Kindertransporte , but her parents decided to hold back in the faint hope that conditions would improve . |
| 23 | Becky kept holding on to the picture . |
| 24 | If it feels like the penis is getting soft during sex , try holding on to the base of the condom . |
| 25 | Forest manager Brian Clough is poised to challenge Middlesbrough 's resolve to hold on to the former England Under-21 international after having had Ripley watched during an impressive promotion season . |
| 26 | One , from a McKeever header , was particularly outstanding , the Duns keeper throwing himself to his right and managing to hold on to the ball . |
| 27 | Scruton offers us an articulate perspective on the attractions of conservatism for those who , fearing social change and the future , try to hold firmly onto the past . |
| 28 | NORTHANTS might just struggle to hold on to the NatWest trophy they won on Sunday . |
| 29 | However , this sort of explanation does not seem to hold up in the face of evidence that football hooliganism is by no means a uniquely modern , post-1960 occurrence . |
| 30 | She 'd tried to hold on to the anger she 'd felt earlier , but it had slipped away from her , dissolving with the wine . |