Example sentences of "[det] [noun] hold [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reports were carried by Agence-France Presse on May 1 of heavy fighting around Saa'da involving Moslem tribes opposed to unity , and by the UK newspaper the Independent on May 12 suggesting that Saudi Arabia was fomenting this resistance to hold up the unity process [ but see p. 37266 for official Saudi position welcoming unification ] . |
| 2 | This work holds out the promise of a much wider project : |
| 3 | I could only lie there staring , burning more pages to hold back the dark , because every time I closed my eyes I saw the same thing : the dark shadow of a manlike creature with shoulders curving up in two great arcs on either side of its head … |
| 4 | There is still tremendous distrust and infighting between and even among clans , with each claiming hold over a particular region of the country . |
| 5 | John Anderson , principal hydrologist with the Tay River Purification Board , is emphatic that any attempt to hold back the irresistible force of the Tay is doomed to failure . |