Example sentences of "held [adv] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although technically not a baron , for he held little directly from the king , Peter was a substantial magnate . |
| 2 | In-form jockey Kevin Darley sent Lawnswood Junior past Thornton Gate a furlong out , and he held on well from the latter 's renewed challenge and the late flourish of Routing . |
| 3 | He held on desperately to the dead weight fish , but try as he might , he was unable to regain his feet . |
| 4 | But she held on hard to the facts of the matter . |
| 5 | Shelley held on tight to the seatbelt , and looked sideways at Miguel . |
| 6 | From the beginning the audiences also included women , though no women held forth there in the Age of Science of the nineteenth century — when the Curies came to England in 1903 to talk about le radium , it was Pierre and not Marie who gave the Discourse . |
| 7 | The car markets to which Johnson Matthey supplies autocatalysts held up well during the year in spite of recession . |
| 8 | Four or five storeys high , they tottered against each other , held up only by the shells of neighbouring structures , their innards shrivelled up by fire , a real Dresden of a street . |
| 9 | We held out strongly in the EC to have our standards implemented widely throughout the Community and when it was clear that other nations were not of a similar mind , we voted against the directive . |
| 10 | However , with Peter Daynes and Andy Berry doing their work well in the centre of defence , ‘ Mill held out well in the tense opening stages . |
| 11 | Is it using all its fins , and are these fins held out proudly from the body or clamped ? |
| 12 | These straps can be made of thick tape , sewn through and on either side of the sail with a curtain ring or similar kite ring ( the ‘ D ’ rings are ideal ) held fairly close to the edge of the kite . |
| 13 | Some machines have less trouble with this than others , but the option of being able to use an extension microphone held well away from the camcorder is a good way of avoiding spoiling your recordings . |
| 14 | Up to now , he had always competed in the skating events and had escorted one of his classmates to the Teens ' Square Dance , held well away from the elegant ball . |