Example sentences of "[vb past] hold the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Immediately Alec 's eyes filled with sweat again and he strained to hold the delicate balance of the bucket of fire as it moved lower and closer to the shape carved out of the ground . |
| 2 | Lochnagar seemed to hold the ancient spirit of the land . |
| 3 | • Adhesive Knit to hold the 2nd skin in place and reduce friction . |
| 4 | The two sides agreed to hold the next round of talks in Beijing in the first half of 1992 . |
| 5 | Towards the end of the 3-day FFA meeting , the Japanese , ‘ in a spirit of goodwill and co-operation' ’ , offered to hold the drift-net fleet for 1989–90 to the same level as the previous season — 60 vessels . |
| 6 | The majority of those present at the 26th June Q.T. Day voted to hold the next A.G.M. on a Saturday afternoon . |
| 7 | The new army had to hold the Western Front after the demoralization of the French , following General Nivelle 's failed offensive of 16 April-21 May 1917 and did it with such success , that Allied victory became a possibility in 1918 . |
| 8 | A handful of regiments : the 3rd , 15th , 33rd , 48th , 108th and 1 11th , together with his own 26th Light , had held the right wing for seven hours , against forty thousand of the enemy . |
| 9 | At the moment of extinction , he had held the young man 's mind up like a pierced coconut and let all the thin milk trickle out . |
| 10 | They appointed Simpkin arbitrarily , ignoring the incumbent , English school teacher Jim Rowark , a man who had held the hot spot for five seasons . |
| 11 | She had learned when she had held the first costume up against her , that her mother had been small , hardly , it seemed , an inch or two taller than Ellie was now . |
| 12 | As he had held the highest office of state the inhabitants of Edfu regarded him as a great man and therefore after his death honoured him as a god , making his tomb a holy place . |
| 13 | In 1972 , at the time of the Saltley flying pickets mobilized by the young Scargill , the miners had held the upper hand ; not so this time around . |
| 14 | If the noise from the uninhibited , cheering , stamping , singing 8,3000 crowd had felt intimidating to Sampras when the fourth set score reached 5–3 and he was also trailing by two sets to one , it was nothing compared to the tumult during the changeover after the American had held the 9th game to 15 , with an ace . |