Example sentences of "hold [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an unconditional appropriation when the goods are identified and the third person acknowledges that he now holds them for the buyer , Wardars ( Import & exports ) v. W. Norwood ( 1968 C.A. ) . |
| 2 | Sticky Block — Holds you for a few seconds . |
| 3 | ‘ Who holds it for the Empress ? ’ |
| 4 | She would have liked to take the girl in her arms and hold her for a long time . |
| 5 | Hold it for a few seconds , maybe five , then release it . |
| 6 | The Scots word ‘ gillie ’ , referring to a stable-boy whose job it is to settle a pony and hold it for a child to ride , is derived from the fey and solitary ghillie dhu . |
| 7 | Think yourself into it and hold it for a while . |
| 8 | He shook our hands , holding them for a moment and laughing softly . |
| 9 | ‘ You know the heat is off , Ruth , ’ he told her , his eyes catching hers and holding them for a few seconds . |
| 10 | The horse jumped forward a few paces with his limbs bunched up and then , holding himself for a brief moment in a static rear , galloped off in sheer terror down the path . |
| 11 | She took the boxed flower and then , after holding it for a moment and wondering what to do with it , laid it down alongside her place setting . |
| 12 | It would not allow it to be enforced against the promisor ; and if property had been transferred , the recipient was treated as holding it for the benefit of the person who had parted with it , and as bound to restore it . |
| 13 | Again , a person who acquires property for his own benefit by taking advantage of his position as trustee will be treated as holding it for the benefit of those entitled under the trust . |
| 14 | But though he resumed his speech as though the interruption had never happened , his gaze , holding hers for a moment longer , had turned cold and cynical . |
| 15 | Detectives are applying to magistrates for permission to hold them for a further 24 hours . |
| 16 | The message from brokers is apply for shares , but do not look to hold them for the long term . |
| 17 | The strong-smelling ‘ stewed ’ strips of blanket were hot , and as I wrung out the excess water , I needed tongs to hold them for the first few minutes . |
| 18 | On the application so to vary the implied undertaking , the applicants undertaking to the court to hold them for the strictly limited purpose of defending the libel proceedings brought against the applicants by the two reinstated officers , and on the question of the effect of public interest immunity : — |
| 19 | In form it is an application at the suit of C.N.L. as a third party for the court to release the appellant from his implied undertaking pursuant to which discovery of the P.C.A. documents was given under the court 's order of 9 July 1991 — released that is to the extent of permitting him to disclose the documents to C.N.L. , they for their part undertaking to the court to hold them for the strictly limited purpose of defending the libel proceedings brought against them by Woodley and Clifford . |
| 20 | and this is why military strategies have always said we were gon na get we could hold them for a year , two years maybe three , but in the preventional warfare we would start loosing and military strategy have always said along that it would probably be somebody like France or us that would first use the nuclear weapon |
| 21 | ‘ Quite right , laddie , but I think handling should be enough to hold you for a while . |
| 22 | All ways to hold him for a while . |
| 23 | They let me hold her for a few minutes and then they took her away upstairs to Special Care . |
| 24 | Dutch chiaroscuro , dark and sombre , would hold him for a while yet , until he freed himself from Rembrandt , Millet , and Israëls and turned to Delacroix 's symphonies of colour . |
| 25 | ‘ But we can hold him for a while yet . |
| 26 | In particular we find the cases of what are called ‘ uses ’ or trusts — transactions whereby a man legally transfers land to another , but with an understanding that the transferee will hold it for the benefit of the former , or for the benefit of those whom he will name in his will . |
| 27 | Do you think you can hold it for an hour ? ’ |
| 28 | A silver cup , purchased by subscription the following year , was to be competed for annually , the winning captain to hold it for a year . |
| 29 | They then wheeled in unison into a shaft of light which held them for a second or so before they soared over the car and away . |
| 30 | She held them for a moment , inhaling their perfume . |