Example sentences of "have hold on [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | But he added : ‘ Everybody recognises that the Government has to hold on to an existing policy until the replacement is ready to put in place , and clearly the Secretary of State has to hold to his policy until an alternative has been agreed . ’ |
2 | Here 's an imag-inary line-up Leeds might be fielding now if they 'd held on to the stars they rejected . |
3 | The police explained why they 'd held on to the vehicles which were being kept near Malvern , not at Worcester . |
4 | Consequently , he is continually having to hold on to a sense of humility while he listens to other people , otherwise he can too easily defend himself by taking up a judgemental posture . |
5 | " I can show you how , " he promised , " but we would have to hold on to the back of a chair . " |
6 | None of the earlier owners seem to have held on to the property for very long , for in 1647 , it was acquired by the Earl of Pembroke , then shortly afterwards , it was sold to Lord Pawlet , who is reported to have entertained General Fairfax at Chiswick House , on a number of occasions . |
7 | The field is led by Miró with a rise of 1090% one of the few artists to have held on to the gains of the 1988–90 period . |
8 | Chris had to hold on to the grab handle of the jeep or she would have been flung out . |
9 | She just had to hold on to the thought that , although he believed he knew who , he did n't know where . |
10 | At my first event in Fort Worth , I had held on to the few people I knew as though for dear life , terrified at the thought of being stranded in this great wilderness . |
11 | Tanzania 's President Ali Hassan Mwinyi was elected on Aug. 16 as chair of the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi ( CCM ) party , with 1,846 out of 1,851 votes cast , in succession to the " elder statesman " leader Julius Nyerere , who had held on to the party chairmanship for five years since stepping down as state President in 1985 . |
12 | That day he had held on in a photo from Forever Diamonds , on similar ground to that he will encounter tomorrow . |
13 | As Tim said you have to hold on to the fact that these are real characters and their in a kind of confrontational situation here are n't they ? |