Example sentences of "[vb past] hold [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a mother who was active in B'nai B'rith , Anne Barth was offered a place on one of the early Kindertransporte , but her parents decided to hold back in the faint hope that conditions would improve . |
| 2 | Alistair Clarke of Christie 's furniture department expressed satisfaction that the market had held up in the light of the considerable quantity of important French furniture which has already been offered this season . |
| 3 | But he conceded that Tokyo had held back in the aftermarket of British Gas . |
| 4 | But he conceded that Tokyo had held back in the aftermarket of British Gas . |
| 5 | After subsidizing the Postal Department for 43 years , her last 29 cent instalment that carried news that she was confirming the trip got held up in the mail office because , and I 'm not joking , George Bush had flown all the way from Disneyland to have his picture taken in front of the Grand Canyon . |