Example sentences of "[vb past] hold the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 • Adhesive Knit to hold the 2nd skin in place and reduce friction .
2 The two sides agreed to hold the next round of talks in Beijing in the first half of 1992 .
3 The majority of those present at the 26th June Q.T. Day voted to hold the next A.G.M. on a Saturday afternoon .
4 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 .
5 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 .
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