Example sentences of "[verb] hold on [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 | Stop holding on to the wall like that ! ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Swindon insist there 's been no formal approach by Cheslea and still hope to hold on to the architect of Monday 's triumph . |
| 12 | Here 's an imag-inary line-up Leeds might be fielding now if they 'd held on to the stars they rejected . |
| 13 | The police explained why they 'd held on to the vehicles which were being kept near Malvern , not at Worcester . |
| 14 | We would like to hold on to the VHS copies for a further 3 weeks . |
| 15 | I have added a further £25 because I have appreciated holding on to the material for so long . |
| 16 | " I can show you how , " he promised , " but we would have to hold on to the back of a chair . " |
| 17 | Becky kept holding on to the picture . |
| 18 | If it feels like the penis is getting soft during sex , try holding on to the base of the condom . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | One , from a McKeever header , was particularly outstanding , the Duns keeper throwing himself to his right and managing to hold on to the ball . |
| 21 | NORTHANTS might just struggle to hold on to the NatWest trophy they won on Sunday . |
| 22 | She 'd tried to hold on to the anger she 'd felt earlier , but it had slipped away from her , dissolving with the wine . |
| 23 | We should be fighting to hold on to the playgrounds we have , so our children have a safe environment in which to play . |
| 24 | Among the bidders was a landlady fighting to hold on to the country inn she 's run for the past eight years.Richard Barnett reports : |
| 25 | None of the earlier owners seem to have held on to the property for very long , for in 1647 , it was acquired by the Earl of Pembroke , then shortly afterwards , it was sold to Lord Pawlet , who is reported to have entertained General Fairfax at Chiswick House , on a number of occasions . |
| 26 | The field is led by Miró with a rise of 1090% one of the few artists to have held on to the gains of the 1988–90 period . |
| 27 | Ann said hold on to the pattern , she said I do n't know what to do , erm knit them |
| 28 | Chris had to hold on to the grab handle of the jeep or she would have been flung out . |
| 29 | She just had to hold on to the thought that , although he believed he knew who , he did n't know where . |
| 30 | At my first event in Fort Worth , I had held on to the few people I knew as though for dear life , terrified at the thought of being stranded in this great wilderness . |