Example sentences of "held out for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | SCUNTHORPE , down to 10 men for more than an hour , equalised , forced extra time and then held out for a second replay . |
2 | She held out for a federal party in the negotiations with the Russians ( 1902 ) to the point where the talks broke down . |
3 | After the interval , chances were few and far between and most of the early play took place in mid-field , but towards the end Hucklecote applied severe pressure , but the visitor 's defence superbly mastered by outside half , Neil Smith held out for a fine hard-earned victory . |
4 | Richard and a few followers escaped downstream to Geoffrey de Rancon 's castle at Taillebourg while the bulk of his troops were driven back into the cathedral , where they held out for a few days . |
5 | What is important to highlight at this juncture is the attraction that such a possibility held out for the intellectual workers of the time . |
6 | Mushtaq Ahmed held out for an hour-and-a-half for 11 , standing by Malik while the biggest stand of the innings — 64 — was constructed . |