Example sentences of "hold [pers pn] [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 He had to hold her one-handed for a moment , and to hold her steady even though she was fighting him hard .
4 ‘ 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 .
5 He held her away for a second , eyeing her curiously .
6 Then he had reached out and pulled her into his arms and held her tightly for a moment .
7 He held her tight for a moment , then released her reluctantly .
8 She took the smoke down deep into her lungs and held it there for a while before letting it out slowly .
9 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 .
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