Example sentences of "hold [pos pn] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucker holds my hand with the kind of grasp that men at sea learn as a last resort . |
| 2 | Nobody in this band holds their role above the old minstrels , or the court fools who used to offer diversion and try to get a smile . |
| 3 | This is so , for example , if its inclusion is not material for the purposes of giving a true and fair view or if , in effect , the parent is not able to exercise dominance over the subsidiary or holds its interest in the subsidiary exclusively with a view to resale , or the information necessary for group accounts can not be obtained without disproportionate delay or expense . |
| 4 | He holds his translation of the laibon 's monologue . |
| 5 | ‘ Are you going to tell me that he holds his castle for the Empress and wo n't take you back ? ’ |
| 6 | I hold my hands over the cooker like I was a boy scout crouched over a camp-fire . |
| 7 | The Chorley Machine Knitting Club hold their meetings on the second Tuesday of every month , 7.30pm to 9.30pm at the Astley Village Community Centre , Nr Chorley . |
| 8 | The Ivel Machine Knitters Club hold their meetings on the second Thursday of every month from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at The Labour Hall , . |
| 9 | The recently formed AD ( ANCIENT DYKES ) group hold their meetings in The Women 's Centre , Broughton Street , Edinburgh . |
| 10 | Though they 've shown promising form in recent weeks , this emphatic win was only the second in 16 games for Mick Holgate 's men , who hold their middle of the table spot with rather more comfort after their best win of the season . |
| 11 | In the Vindiciae the reply is that " when we speak of all the people , we understand by that , only those who hold their authority from the people , to wit , the magistrates … whom the people have substituted , or established … to represent the whole body of the people . |
| 12 | The Hall Associations hold their reunions at the same time and there is an opportunity to see the work of one or more departments . |
| 13 | It should be understood , however , that in consequence of the constitutional position of the Crown , the Crown has the right to change its employees ' conditions of service at any time , and that they hold their appointments at the pleasure of the Crown . |
| 14 | He stared in disbelief as he watched Dorothy grab the boy and hold his head under the surface of the pool until he lay unmoving , like a small rag doll . |
| 15 | For early investors , we will make bonus allocations to your Bond equal to 0.2% of your investment for each complete week we hold your money until the commencement date of the Bond . |
| 16 | ‘ Sir John , you hold your office from the crown . |
| 17 | You too can eat with the animals if you hold your reception at the Zoological Gardens in London 's Regents Park . |
| 18 | His words faded , and he put his hands on her shoulders again and turned her face him , holding her gaze by the sheer power of his will until , steeled and strengthened by her desperate need to break the spell , Merrill wrenched herself away to open the car door . |
| 19 | And when she said , ‘ I might need to , and then I 'd just walk out , ’ Agnes was round the table as if she had been shot there and , holding her sister by the shoulders , she cried at her , ‘ Do n't do that , Jessie ! |
| 20 | And holding her hand with the occasional stolen kiss was all their physical relationship amounted too . |
| 21 | I also think that there is n't a woman alive who would n't like to have a companion to be there with a cup of tea when she 's in bed with the flu and a high temperature , or holding her hand at the surgery when she 's awaiting the result of a test . |
| 22 | In his hand , Catherine could see that he was holding her article on the NSPCC . |
| 23 | That day she was holding her son on the balcony of the flat and she dropped the child to the ground below . |
| 24 | Given the importance of the French holding their part of the line in Southeast Asia the threat of a settlement was itself sufficient to elicit renewed US support . |
| 25 | When the tea break comes everybody rushes to the model , holding their cups over the plan . |
| 26 | Holding their shotguns at the ready , they threaded their way cautiously through the closely packed trees following the thin beams of their torches . |
| 27 | They walked through the blood-stained slush of the Shambles , holding their noses against the sickening putrid smells from the slaughter houses , and turned left into Old Deans Lane , a narrow alleyway ankle-deep in muck which ran between dark , overhanging houses . |
| 28 | I wonder if on some distant planet there are creatures who are holding their sides at the prospect of us hurling plates at each other . ’ |
| 29 | Manufacturers of mouth washes and breath fresheners must be holding their breath for the results ! |
| 30 | But as the months passed he was reduced to the expedient of holding his meetings in the street before small groups of the curious and the hostile . |