Example sentences of "[noun pl] and hold on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was slurring her words and holding on to the bar-top for support . |
| 2 | Hankin , who spent 18 months at Peterborough under John Wile before being released in 1985 , saw his young braves survive numerous corners and hold on to a point against a side who have seen off Liverpool and Newcastle at home this season . |
| 3 | The instance here is of Stavrogin pretending to the provincial governor that he has a secret to communicate to him , and , when the unsuspecting old man ‘ hastily and trustfully ’ inclines his head , seizing his ear in his teeth and holding on to it , biting hard . |
| 4 | They rejected bananas and held on to buttoned coats . |
| 5 | Brackley , leading 6-5 after seven ends , collected scores on the next six to build a cushion of eight shots and held on to finish 17-9 ahead . |
| 6 | All around them people sat on their boxes and held on to precious bundles , patiently waiting for whatever might happen next . |
| 7 | Now they wear little except shorts and light rubber-soled pumps and hold on to vertical cliff walls like flies with a combination of sticky powder on their fingers , the faith of an Indian fakir , and tons of hardware in the shape of bolts , runners and slings hammered into the rocks . |