Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] hold the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They organised 12-car rallies around the Cambridge Fens , asking every local resident for permission to hold the event and then , when the snow caused the event to be called off , they did the same thing again . |
| 2 | The claw of Chaos held the island-continent firmly in its grip . |
| 3 | Use scrap pieces of wood to hold the gap open while you work . |
| 4 | Surely it is a kind of blasphemy to hold the church responsible for the cruelty and degradation going on around its blackened doors ? |
| 5 | Is early March a good time of year to hold the conference ? |
| 6 | In the celebrated case Wilson v Rickett Cockerell and Co Ltd [ 1954 ] 1 QB 598 , the Court of Appeal held the seller liable for damage to property caused by a detonator which was included in a consignment of Coalite . |
| 7 | Boys like this can be encouraged to pass urine standing up with mother holding the potty up to them . |
| 8 | Messrs. A. R. Brakspear , J. C. Walker and J. F. Cooper ( the fifth of his family in succession to hold the office of Town Clerk ) were appointed as Trustees , their role being a legal necessity which required them to act as designated signatories of the Club in such matters as Land Conveyances , Water Board Agreements , etc . |
| 9 | To the right of the bulk , one buttress in particular holds the eye : Carn Dearg ; Bill Brooker 's Wall of the Winds . |
| 10 | The selvedges are the outer edges of the rug where the weft strands have been wrapped around the last few warp strands in order to hold the rug tightly together across its width . |
| 11 | Between these race-going tales the book charts the growth of gambling from modest and sleazy origins into a multi-million-pound industry and , if some of the material here is rather stodgy , top-heavy with facts , there are enough exotic characters on view to hold the attention . |
| 12 | Although I do not develop this aspect of the analysis here , I also suggest that the images or metaphors which are applied to define racism by analogy hold the key to understanding people 's emotional investment in antiracist positions . |
| 13 | Moreover , the Thessalians by tradition held the presidency of the Amphictyonic Council ( Syll. 175 ) which could be useful when it came to putting a motion . |