Example sentences of "held [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though Archie 's Nephew could find nothing extra over the final fences — ‘ He 's only got one gear , ’ said his rider — he held off the challenge of market leader Spring Fun by a neck . |
| 2 | Terry Guy ( 32:00 ) held off the challenge of clubmate Ray O'Fourman ( 32:44 ) to win the Vets race at the Warwick University 10K … |
| 3 | Colchester only scored six points in the first set but held off the Nomads for more than 27 minutes thanks to solid defence . |
| 4 | Paul Reynolds held off the challenge of John McPherson to put Drumaness ahead seven minutes from half time and even though a Dunmurry effort was cleared off the line it was Drumaness who squandered the scoring chances in the first half . |
| 5 | Alexandre Nadobenko ( top ) held off the challenge to win the stage |
| 6 | Erratic Burscough held off the challenge of in-form Clitheroe to pick up all three points . |
| 7 | The ball was slipped through to Robert Lee , he held off the challenge of goalkeeper Ken Vasey , and from seven yards , hammered the ball into the net . |
| 8 | This limitation in time is most clearly seen in the case of a life estate , whether it be an estate held for the life of the tenant , or what is called an estate pur autre vie , one held for the life or lives of some other person or persons . |
| 9 | France 's League of Nations mandate extended across Syria and Lebanon , just as the British mandate encompassed Palestine , Transjordan and Iraq — with all the consequences this held for the future . |
| 10 | There is nothing worse than being told ‘ Yes , we had a lovely book all about the fête we held for the coronation , but I have n't seen it for some years . |
| 11 | When she retired from the RCM in 1948 she went on to run the Violet Melchet Infant Welfare Centre near Sloane Square , a job she held for the next twenty years . |
| 12 | This was very well attended and a committee , with himself as chairman ( a post he held for the next thirty-six years ) , was elected and set to work . |
| 13 | The first of these , which formed part of Gloucester 's original endowment , was the manor of Kingston Lacy in Dorset , which he apparently held for the rest of the reign . |
| 14 | Only a few days after the conclusion of the Second International Congress of Writers for the Defence of Culture , held for the most part in Spain , itself a highly symbolic act of political and cultural allegiance to the Republican cause , Nizan was deeply shocked to learn of the tragic and unforeseen death of Gerda Taro , a young female photographer working for Ce Soir at the battle front near Brunete . |
| 15 | Civic design was as much concerned with the spaces between buildings as with the appearance of the buildings themselves , and the same held for the design of residential areas . |
| 16 | When the Gamble & Crosfields partnership was dissolved in 1845 , Shanks became a partner in the new firm , Crosfield Bros. & Co. , a position he held for the rest of his life . |
| 17 | In 1938 he was elected president of the International Youth Hostel Federation , an office which he held for the next twelve years . |
| 18 | Equally uncertain is the length of his stay in Egypt : Ibn Hajar , followed by Taskopruzade , says only that " he returned to Rum and was appointed kadi of Bursa " , which post , as will be shown below , he held for the first time probably from about 795/1392–3 to about 805/1402–3 . |
| 19 | There 's nothing like a long Technical Run to dissipate any euphoria attached to a theatrical production , and that was the effect of the one held for The Hooded Owl on the evening of Sunday , 26th October , 1980 . |
| 20 | The first of these , which formed part of Gloucester 's original endowment , was the manor of Kingston Lacy in Dorset , which he apparently held for the rest of the reign . |
| 21 | Then the rest of the year was covered , a month at a time , by each of seven vassals , in return for the fiefs they held of the count . |
| 22 | In return , William was required to recognize that , since the fief he held of the bishop was now larger than those any other lord had bestowed on him , he ought to be ‘ a better man ’ of the bishop than of any of his other lords . |
| 23 | Then he took a pencil and paper and started to tot up all the monies he presently held against the expenses he had . |
| 24 | He held onto the hat and hurried on . |
| 25 | He held onto the sides of the tub and let his legs float gently to the surface . |
| 26 | Jazzbeaux held onto the guardrail of the landing , and struggled to control her equilibrium . |
| 27 | Daniel held onto the side of the ship , and stared into the dark . |
| 28 | They held onto the rock and waved and shouted at the lighthouse as loud as they could . |
| 29 | He held onto the edge of the table , breathing fast through his open mouth . |
| 30 | Sometimes I held onto the receiver without putting it back into its cradle ; distractedly , I held it , with Kool and the Gang wafting from the radio . |