Example sentences of "hold [pron] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hold them there for a few moments ( see Fig. 11 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Hold him there for a second , Kelly , ’ said Bill . |
| 3 | And holding them up for a little bit of erm laughter . |
| 4 | It was Hibs and not Rangers who looked as if they were the ones holding something back for a bigger midweek game to come . |
| 5 | It was now obvious that the horse was a stayer and yet Harry Short 's stable jockey had recently ridden him as if his best distance was six furlongs , holding him up for a late run . |
| 6 | their , their supply routes are n't as well defined as ours , but they 've got shear weight of numbers , see , I 'm af , I 'm afraid , I could be a fucking karate black belt or something right , so one on one against you I would n't have a problem , but if you went and got fucking thirty of your mates I would have a problem , I maybe able to hold you off for a fucking few minutes or something or if you could either contact , maybe a few months or years or something , but they will win |
| 7 | He had to hold her one-handed for a moment , and to hold her steady even though she was fighting him hard . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've concreted up the mouth of the cave and the gap in the rocks which it burst through because I wanted to hold it there for a bit longer . |
| 9 | He held her away for a second , eyeing her curiously . |
| 10 | Then he had reached out and pulled her into his arms and held her tightly for a moment . |
| 11 | He held her tight for a moment , then released her reluctantly . |
| 12 | Fowler and Gower held him up for a while with 91 for the third wicket , but by the close of play he had two more — including a caught and bowled — and on Monday morning , cutting down his run-up , he polished off the tail to finish with 7 for 53 . |
| 13 | She took the smoke down deep into her lungs and held it there for a while before letting it out slowly . |
| 14 | According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle A ( s.a. 755 ) Beornred succeeded to the kingdom on the death of Aethelbald but held it only for a short time and unhappily . |