Example sentences of "held on [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vauxhall held on to second spot with 21,679 sales ( down 6994 ) . |
| 2 | They rejected bananas and held on to buttoned coats . |
| 3 | The two held on to each other tightly . |
| 4 | All around them people sat on their boxes and held on to precious bundles , patiently waiting for whatever might happen next . |
| 5 | Nomura held on to top spot in the annual Eurobond underwriting rankings while other Japanese firms slipped ; Yamaichi dropped to tenth while London 's CSFB shot up to second place . |
| 6 | Watson held on to third place with a final 74 for a 296 total , with former England international Martin Foster of Worksop just a stroke behind after a closing 68 . |
| 7 | He remembered how the travellers and the seafarers who came to Tara had always told that at the centre of every whirlpool , at the heart of every tempest , is a great tranquillity , and he caught and held on to this thought . |
| 8 | He walked back over the warm , moonlit meadows and paused before the inn , but held on to this resolution , the righteousness firing through him like brandy . |
| 9 | They held on to this fortress until 1264 , when it passed to the Habsburgs , who in turn lost it to the canton of Zurich in 1452 . |
| 10 | She held on to twenty years of him . |
| 11 | Jane held on with both hands , gazing ahead at Molly 's legs , counting every step , praying she would reach the top before the whole thing collapsed beneath their weight and they all fell , helpless , into the water below . |
| 12 | In Ayr , the second most marginal seat in the United Kingdom , Phil Gallie , the successor to George Younger , held on by 85 votes seeing off Labour who were thought certain to seize the seat . |
| 13 | Teeth clenched , she held on like grim death , determined not to embarrass Penry Vaughan with a fit of hysterics just because she was in a boat again . |