Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] hold [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm it , it did sort of get going but I felt that Maggie held back a little bit on that whereas you , you might have got er you know a bit , a bit more information with open questions . |
| 2 | When I checked in Who 's Who I found that Jenner held down a post for several years at David 's old university . |
| 3 | Conservative Ministers were , then , no more able than Gaitskell to hold back the rising tide of demand for electricity , which , if the system were not to break down and new connections to be refused , the Boards had to follow up with new investment . |
| 4 | as if horizons held down the sun , |
| 5 | The Princesse was already shaking hands with him and Katherine held back a little . |
| 6 | Turner made to speak , but Curtis held up a hand to stop him . |
| 7 | He turned to Willi , but Willi held up a hand . |
| 8 | ‘ Frank , for Christ 's sake … ’ he began , but Gregson held up a hand to silence him . |
| 9 | Rain agreed to do it , but Eliot held up a hand . |
| 10 | The major significance of the Government 's changes is highlighted by the fact that , whereas SERPS held out the prospect of guaranteeing every pensioner an income above the supplementary pension level , no Government minister had felt able to give a similar guarantee for the Thatcher pension reform . |
| 11 | At first , when Perdita held out the bucket , she was too frozen with fear to drink . |
| 12 | As Meryl held out the plate of petits-fours laughingly to Lee , she knew that someone was standing by her shoulder . |