Example sentences of "[conj] hold [noun] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The person chosen to start the game chases after the others and holds hands with the first person caught . |
| 2 | J. G. Frazer in his monumental work on folklore in the Old Testament maintained that the belief that the gods revealed themselves and declared their will to mankind in dreams was widespread in antiquity ; and accordingly people resorted to temples and other sacred spots for the purpose of sleeping there and holding converse with the higher powers in visions of the night , for they naturally supposed that the deities or the deified spirits of the dead would be most likely to manifest themselves in places specially dedicated to their worship . |
| 3 | In early January the Prime Minister and the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary ( Douglas Hurd ) had each visited the Gulf and surrounding areas : Major on Jan. 6-9 to meet members of the British armed forces and to hold discussions with the Amir of Kuwait , King Fahd of Saudi Arabia and Mubarak , and Hurd on Jan. 10-14 for talks in Bahrain , Qatar , the United Arab Emirates , Jordan and Turkey . |
| 4 | Visiting Gao on July 23 during a tour of the north , Touré called on the rebels to lay down their arms and to hold talks with the government . |
| 5 | He was received by Queen Elizabeth and held talks with the UK Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher . |
| 6 | The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture , Shaikh Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabr al-Thani , visited Iran on Jan. 6-9 , 1990 , and held talks with the President , Hojatolislam Hashemi Ali Akbar Rafsanjani , who stressed Iran 's willingness to co-operate extensively with its neighbours . |
| 7 | Khamtay signed a new border treaty with China on Oct. 24 , and held talks with the Chinese Premier Li Peng . |
| 8 | Then Emmie helped him out of the skip and along the railway ; he clutched her with one hand and held Murgatroyd with the other . |