Example sentences of "of [noun sg] hold the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The claw of Chaos held the island-continent firmly in its grip . |
| 2 | Use scrap pieces of wood to hold the gap open while you work . |
| 3 | Surely it is a kind of blasphemy to hold the church responsible for the cruelty and degradation going on around its blackened doors ? |
| 4 | Is early March a good time of year to hold the conference ? |
| 5 | In the celebrated case Wilson v Rickett Cockerell and Co Ltd [ 1954 ] 1 QB 598 , the Court of Appeal held the seller liable for damage to property caused by a detonator which was included in a consignment of Coalite . |