Example sentences of "hold back in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , erm , you know what sort of gross salary and you know and there was , you were holding back in a way erm tt and why you did n't wan na discuss your hobbies you know where you were losing it |
| 2 | With a mother who was active in B'nai B'rith , Anne Barth was offered a place on one of the early Kindertransporte , but her parents decided to hold back in the faint hope that conditions would improve . |
| 3 | The announcement came as no great surprise ; except in as much as it had been thought the family might hold back in the lifetime of Sir John . |
| 4 | Objective 1 status would provide 53,000 people from Dornoch northwards with a modern rail service , not one held back in the 19th century . ’ |
| 5 | But he conceded that Tokyo had held back in the aftermarket of British Gas . |
| 6 | But he conceded that Tokyo had held back in the aftermarket of British Gas . |
| 7 | A potential consignment was purportedly held back in the hope of a higher price . |
| 8 | The molecules are consequently held back in the liquid phase and the vapour pressure is lower . |