Example sentences of "be hold [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seeing Anthea each day would be a constant reminder , and neither woman could deny that the masks of civility each had been holding up to the other for months were now trampled underfoot . |
| 2 | The professionals use clapper-boards for this , but sheets of paper with the numbers written in felt-tip pen can be held up to the camera , and they serve just as well . |
| 3 | The document states that Richard Walter Jenkins shall ‘ absolutely renounce and abandon the use of the surname of the parent and shall bear the surname of the adopter and shall be held out to the world and in all respects treated as if he were in fact the child of the adopter ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ And the mortgagee having sworn he paid and expended above £120 in defending his mortgage at law , although he had but £60 costs allowed him there … shall not be held down to the taxation at law , but shall against the account be allowed all he laid out , or expended . |
| 5 | He said we were holding on to the ball , but we wanted it to come out . |
| 6 | If they were held on to the animal or plant would die . |
| 7 | The Party 's leaders were held up to the public 's scrutiny ; it was not the Party 's fault that some , those with speech defects in particular , failed to receive the customary standing ovation after their speeches from an enthusiastic conference , or that others , standing some way up the ladder of promotion , were pinched for drunken driving . |
| 8 | Her hands were held out to the sides , circling supplely , fingers gesturing elegantly . |
| 9 | She said that while the carrot of jobs was being held out to the local community , local people would only be used for the most menial of tasks . |
| 10 | British Coal insists that is main aim is to hold on to the three-year contracts with the two electricity generators , which will be renegotiated in March next year . |
| 11 | He does not require an imperative to make him avoid the sickness from the thought of which he already shrinks in nausea ; what he has to force himself to do is hold on to the fact that sickness is the likely outcome of yielding to temptation . |
| 12 | In use , the pack is held on to the tool by a single metal strap , but the pack is recessed so far into the machine that this was perfectly stable . |
| 13 | The way in which fireplace surrounds are held on to the wall of the chimney breast varies according to the type of surround . |
| 14 | Due to pressure on space in this issue of The Lifeboat reports of several naming and dedication ceremonies have been held over to the Autumn issues . |
| 15 | He was holding on to the hand of one of the passengers who was bleeding rather badly . |
| 16 | When she recovered she was holding on to the edge of the table for balance . |
| 17 | It was holding on to the tree but I pulled it off . |
| 18 | And then she was holding on to the branches , feeling where the Robemaker had hacked and sawn at them , knowing she must be hurting the Larch even more , and trying to be as gentle as possible . |
| 19 | He was giving her orders : she was to hold on to the edge of the pool and breathe deeply in and out . |