Example sentences of "were [verb] hold the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They totalled only some 10,000 regulars , perhaps 3000 of whom were needed to hold the 38 fortified strongholds in the country , particularly Plymouth , Portsmouth and Tilbury . |
| 2 | On a windy day , guy ropes were needed to hold the flat scenery upright . |
| 3 | She thought of the long , black car gliding up to the great white building where they were going to hold the conference that would put an end to war for ever . |
| 4 | they did n't even know how to put the clip onto the microphone , they were sitting holding the microphones instead of slinging it round their neck , and they 've never been told about the equipment , so they need n't |
| 5 | The difference is that you were left holding the baby . |