Example sentences of "[coord] hold back [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hold the tape measure loosely round the pulled back curtain and hold back against the hook . |
| 2 | As the tide rose , water was forced back up the Westbury Brook and held back by the sluice gates . |
| 3 | There was a little tentative transit-taking on board some yachts , but most dispensed with esoteric racing rites and held back from the melee to claim clean air and water . |
| 4 | This last is finished in an open-weave stretch fabric and is located very simply by two pegs at its base and held back against the baffle by a strong magnet at the top — an exceptionally neat arrangement which , together with the lack of any visible fixings for the driver itself , gives the 103/4 very clean lines whether or not the grille is left in place . |
| 5 | Several authorities increased their maintenance allowances , paid to the children of very poor families to stay on at secondary school , –5 to compensate for the failure to raise the school leaving age to fifteen , scheduled to take place in 1939 , but held back by the war . |