Example sentences of "hold [pron] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There is an unconditional appropriation when the goods are identified and the third person acknowledges that he now holds them for the buyer , Wardars ( Import & exports ) v. W. Norwood ( 1968 C.A. ) .
2 ‘ Who holds it for the Empress ? ’
3 Think yourself into it and hold it for a while .
4 The Scots word ‘ gillie ’ , referring to a stable-boy whose job it is to settle a pony and hold it for a child to ride , is derived from the fey and solitary ghillie dhu .
5 He shook our hands , holding them for a moment and laughing softly .
6 She took the boxed flower and then , after holding it for a moment and wondering what to do with it , laid it down alongside her place setting .
7 It would not allow it to be enforced against the promisor ; and if property had been transferred , the recipient was treated as holding it for the benefit of the person who had parted with it , and as bound to restore it .
8 Again , a person who acquires property for his own benefit by taking advantage of his position as trustee will be treated as holding it for the benefit of those entitled under the trust .
9 But though he resumed his speech as though the interruption had never happened , his gaze , holding hers for a moment longer , had turned cold and cynical .
10 and this is why military strategies have always said we were gon na get we could hold them for a year , two years maybe three , but in the preventional warfare we would start loosing and military strategy have always said along that it would probably be somebody like France or us that would first use the nuclear weapon
11 ‘ Quite right , laddie , but I think handling should be enough to hold you for a while .
12 All ways to hold him for a while .
13 Dutch chiaroscuro , dark and sombre , would hold him for a while yet , until he freed himself from Rembrandt , Millet , and Israëls and turned to Delacroix 's symphonies of colour .
14 ‘ But we can hold him for a while yet .
15 In particular we find the cases of what are called ‘ uses ’ or trusts — transactions whereby a man legally transfers land to another , but with an understanding that the transferee will hold it for the benefit of the former , or for the benefit of those whom he will name in his will .
16 Do you think you can hold it for an hour ? ’
17 A silver cup , purchased by subscription the following year , was to be competed for annually , the winning captain to hold it for a year .
18 They then wheeled in unison into a shaft of light which held them for a second or so before they soared over the car and away .
19 She held them for a moment , inhaling their perfume .
20 He held me for a minute or two , quite tight , kissing and stroking my hair , then we sat down again .
21 The grandmother who had held him for a family photograph ; the mother Eda , the father Meir , the brothers Chaim , Avram , Aizik and Josef ; the sisters Selma and Esther .
22 He held her for a while and they said nothing .
23 He held her for a moment longer , glaring down at her , crushing her with his body , his fingers .
24 Shiona held her for a moment , her anger instantly vanishing to be replaced by a warm , maternal well of love .
25 Then , as she shuddered , he held her for a moment against him .
26 His arms he folded round her , and so held her for a moment passive ; then with a sudden sharp sigh she embraced him again , quivering , and lifted her mouth to him ravenously .
27 Now Ebenezer Judge understood what he must have felt , as a dozen willing hands hoisted him on high , held him for an instant in mid-air , then let him down , inch by inch , until the back of his head knocked against the stone wall and the freezing water lapped over his boots .
28 She caught Stephen 's eye and held it for a second .
29 Kelly returned his kiss and held it for a fraction longer than she should have .
30 Nick reached across the table , took her hand and held it for a moment .
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