Example sentences of "holding [adv prt] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wallace Mercer holding out for a better offer . |
| 2 | East Belfast-based midfielder Keery ( 28 ) has been holding out for a better deal than the one on offer . |
| 3 | He said Libya was not being ‘ stubborn ’ , but merely holding out for an honourable solution to the crisis . |
| 4 | Yet as was noted , inventions , like choices , are always constrained by social experiential factors such as available opportunities and knowledge of alternatives ; even the most ardent indeterminist would acknowledge such things ( while still holding out for an irreducible residue of free choice ) . |
| 5 | A Goebbels article in Das Reich at the beginning of March , in which he had emphasized ‘ the great honour of the victims and of holding out for the new Europe ’ , for which it was worthwhile ‘ fighting to the last man in order to go down in history ’ , met with heavy criticism . |
| 6 | Most people in the territories feared the PLO was in danger of rushing into some unsatisfactory settlement rather than holding out for the right conditions . |
| 7 | ‘ Still holding out for the twenty per cent , I see , Maurice . ’ |