Example sentences of "n't hold [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is n't holding you against your will ? |
| 2 | Do n't hold me at arms length , my child , |
| 3 | Very lucky visitors may even see an otter here — but do n't hold me to it ! |
| 4 | At a guess I 'd say he 's probably been dead five or six hours but do n't hold me to that . |
| 5 | I 've worked out a way of stalling , but it wo n't hold him for ever . |
| 6 | ‘ That wo n't hold them for long . |
| 7 | Her own lips twitched and , even if his smile had n't made it , try as she might , she could n't hold hers in . |
| 8 | just a minute , I ca n't hold it at the moment Tim ! |
| 9 | Tim , I ca n't hold it at the moment ! |
| 10 | He captured the citadel but he only had a few troops with him and it was clear he could n't hold it for long , so he pushed on east past Excideuil into the Limousin , driving straight into the heartland of the rebel cause and devastating the country as he went . |
| 11 | However small your event is , do n't hold it in a hotel or other venue that does not provide good crowd flow , catering service , easy-to-reach toilets and any other facilities you need . |
| 12 | Do n't hold it in front of your mouth ! |
| 13 | Do n't hold it in front of your mouth ! |
| 14 | Of course , one ca n't hold it against him . |
| 15 | ‘ But I did n't hold it against her in any way . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ They do n't hold it against me , do they ? ’ |
| 17 | The bespectacled motormouth gets a cover splash on the New York Post for urging black kids to skip school the day his Malcolm X biopic opens , claiming that ‘ the teachers ca n't hold it against them if they write a report on what they see . ’ |
| 18 | As you know , I do n't hold it against him that his father was n't married to his mother . |
| 19 | I would n't hold it against you if you did n't read it . |
| 20 | And as long as you keep producing the champagne and caviar , I wo n't hold it against you that you nearly had me exterminated by an octogenarian . ’ |
| 21 | You can forgive or punish at the same time ca n't you , you can punish somebody and say that is wrong and yet you forgive them , that is you do n't hold it against them but you later on . |
| 22 | as to how you personally , we wo n't hold it against you , but how you personally might like to see that going . |
| 23 | I should be awfully sorry if you decided you ought to get a job elsewhere where you would be sure of a good future , but I would n't hold it against you . |
| 24 | ‘ You — ’ Then , as if making a supreme effort to block out any fury from his voice , he said , ‘ Yes , that is a condition of employment , but I wo n't hold you to it . |