Example sentences of "hold [adv] [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he found that the job that awaited him there was several rungs lower than the job he had been holding down in the UK . |
| 2 | We would like to hold on to the VHS copies for a further 3 weeks . |
| 3 | We would also like to ask permission to hold on to the VHS copies for a further 3 weeks to aid viewing . |
| 4 | NORTHANTS might just struggle to hold on to the NatWest trophy they won on Sunday . |
| 5 | When a [ makonde ] sculptor departs from the stereotype [ … $ this is nearly always because an element of doubt or defiance has been worked into it ; a madonna is given a demon to hold instead of the Christ Child ; a priest is represented with the feet of a wild animal , a pietà becomes a study not of sorrow but of revenge , with the mother raising a spear over the body of her dead son . |
| 6 | To a lesser extent , that also applied to Mr Derek Foster , the Labour chief whip who easily held on to the Bishop Auckland seat . |
| 7 | The show is held annually at the Paris Exhibition Centre at Porte de Versailles in the south-western suburbs of Paris . |
| 8 | STEP is a scheme held annually throughout the UK to enable small companies to employ the expertise and knowledge of university students during July and August . |
| 9 | His death spawned one of the great Grand Prix meetings of Europe , the Ivo van Damme Memorial Meeting , held annually in the Heysel Stadium in Brussels , itself a scene of appalling tragedy just over a year earlier at football 's European Cup Final . |
| 10 | A conference of northern local authorities was held soon after the January 1986 announcement of the Tunnel project in order to consider its likely impact on the region , and the North of England Regional Consortium has lobbied the government ever since for improved transport links . |
| 11 | No , what they want is perfectly expressed in the simple banner held up during the Leipzig demonstrations : ‘ Freiheit ! ! ! ’ |
| 12 | CUSSONS toiletries group Paterson Zochonis reported yesterday that sales of the Imperial Leather brand held up in the UK despite the recession , but the group 's products saw strongest growth overseas . |
| 13 | Central bodies were not to negotiate on the transfer of facilities to Lithuanian jurisdiction ( on March 13 the Lithuanian Supreme Council had passed a bill establishing the principle of Lithuanian jurisdiction over all economic facilities in the republic currently held solely by the USSR central authorities or jointly with Lithuania ) . |
| 14 | Boys still at School responded readily to the call to assist in gathering the crops during the summer holiday " harvest camps " held mainly in the Chelford and Congleton areas . |
| 15 | The farm was held originally by the Coldstream Guards ( not the 1st Guards ) and the 3rd Guards ( Scots Guards ) . |
| 16 | A Valentine Dance will be held tomorrow at the Hurworth Grange Community Centre . |
| 17 | Another hundred yards , and then held again at the Kingsclere-Burghfield Common crossing . |