Example sentences of "hold [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Don Johnson holds on to a chic Melanie Griffith ( above ) |
| 2 | Then there is the decay of the tree which sometimes holds on to a little bit of life well past when it should die completely . |
| 3 | Some of the tracks have been available already — if you bought the limited edition live versions of the singles ‘ Stop ’ and ‘ Shivering Sand ’ — but ‘ IT ’ still holds up as a worthwhile representation of the Megas ' consistent live set ; in full and in earnest . |
| 4 | hold on to a finished thing ? |
| 5 | Daisy had brought her sketch pad , but found it difficult to capture the action and hold on to a straining Ethel . |
| 6 | He accepts then the necessity to permit the destruction of some forms of life , while at the same time holding on to a firm belief in the essential unity of all life and the principle of non-violence . |
| 7 | In the legend of Theseus , in Greek mythology , he prevented himself from getting lost in the Cretan labyrinth by holding on to a silken thread . |
| 8 | Her call came after the surrender of the last group of rebels holding out at a military air base at Mactan in the central Philippines . |
| 9 | She sensed that he was holding back with a massive effort , suppressing his own hunger with iron discipline . |
| 10 | Sachin Tendulkar moved quickly on to 19 at which stage the Indian was twice put down , first by Mark Nicholas at short cover and then by David Gower who could not hold on to a hot left-handed chance at second slip , the unlucky bowler on both occasions being Connor . |
| 11 | HTV 's advertising revenue rose 11.8 per cent to £101.8m , and the group managed to hold on to a creditable market share of 6.4 per cent as advertising has been sucked to South-east England . |
| 12 | Whatever the inner pressures within us to hold on to a prejudicial attitude , when a Christian maintains a prejudice and fails to aim for its resolution , the problem may well be a conflict with God 's truth , of actually resisting God 's will . |
| 13 | Provided we take enough water with us there 's no reason why we should n't be able to hold out for a considerable time in the banqueting hall , which is in a far better situation for defence … and let me remind you that with every passing day , relief comes nearer … perhaps as much as twenty miles nearer with every day 's march … |
| 14 | Earlier , he dismissed Labour 's invitation to join its inquiry into electoral reform as a ‘ short-term tactical move ’ and delivered his strongest warning yet to his rivals not to underestimate his party 's determination ‘ at every level ’ to hold out for a clear commitment to proportional representation as its price for a coalition deal . |
| 15 | This ‘ bad faith ’ operates among the doctors and pharmacists who allow their knowledge and skill to be abused ; among the politicians who wish to see themselves as community benefactors , while knowing full well that they are nothing of the sort ; and even among the poor who are so often critical of the medical ‘ care ’ they receive yet continue to hold out for a medical solution to their social and economic problems . |
| 16 | Three wickets had done down in four balls with the score 277 , and had Kapil Dev at backward square leg held on to a straightforward catch offered by Healy off Tendulkar , India might have taken charge . |
| 17 | East Midlands Electricity jumped from 237p to 305p before settling at 276p , while London Electricity held on to a 53-point rise to 306p . |
| 18 | Abingdon held on for a deserved victory however , in one of the best games this reporter has seen this season . |
| 19 | Harvey scrambled up some roughly cut foot-holds , held on to a gnarled grey tree and offered me his other hand . |
| 20 | She and Victorine held on to a great square sheet . |
| 21 | IMRAN KHAN became the fifth player in Test history to take 350 wickets — joining Richard Hadlee , Ian Botham , Dennis Lillee and Kapil Dev — when he held on to a fine one-handed return catch to dismiss Ravi Shastri yesterday as India lost their last seven wickets for 143 on the second day of the fourth and final Test in Sialkot . |
| 22 | The 4–5 favourite held on by a fast diminishing half-length from Swift Buck who was attempting to give his jockey , John McIrvine , a record third successive win in the race . |
| 23 | Again he dashed away and held on in a close finish with Atlee Mahorn , who was desperately trying to salvage some Canadian credibility out of the evening . |
| 24 | Ultimately we reach the ridge , where we favour an intricate design of vees and scallops called a ‘ block-cut patterned ridge ’ , held down by a heavy lattice pattern of hazel spars . |
| 25 | With no airbrake the glider will float some distance even at low speed , and it must still be held off for a proper touchdown . |
| 26 | The trailer brakes could be held off by a separate braking system when coupled to the tractor . |
| 27 | The Silmarillion was accordingly held up to a great extent , in Mr Carpenter 's view , by procrastination and bother over inessentials , by crosswords and games of Patience , by drawing heraldic doodles and answering readers ' letters — all compounded , one might add , by the failing energies of age ( see Letters , p. 228 ) . |
| 28 | We had the G A T talks held up for a lengthy period simply because the French wanted even more cash for agriculture and of course they got it and it 's rather silly when we 're spending two hundred and fifty million pounds a week on dumping and destroying food . |
| 29 | It is possible for a series of nick points to migrate up a stream and for the whole series to coalesce when they are held up by a resistant bed . |
| 30 | In the north-east of England , a joint proposal by International Technology Europe and Northumbrian Water for two plants designed to burn sewage sludge and organic chemicals is currently being held up by a lengthy public enquiry , with local people in strong opposition . |