Example sentences of "[vb mod] hold [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This coalition must hold together in the post-war settlement and resist the siren voices calling for a huge re-arming of the region . |
| 2 | In the last few years , however , it has emerged that the laws of science may hold even at the beginning of the universe . |
| 3 | In that case the laws of physics would hold even at the beginning of the universe , so God would not have had the freedom to choose the initial conditions . |
| 4 | If anyone was to blame , it was the anti-drugs policy of successive governments , and especially president Richard Nixon 's , but that 's another talking point on which he would hold forth at the drop of a hat . |
| 5 | ‘ But they will lose their reason , ’ says Peter Verkhovensky 's lieutenant when Peter has argued that the quintet will hold together after the murder ‘ unless they 've lost their reason ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ I hope all the old dears over there will hold tight to the handrail , ’ was his only remark when he was told the news , but he said more to Ruth when he went home at lunch time . |