Example sentences of "[verb] hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | We all know how easy that is to do , and if I say hold it |
| 2 | No , I never pick up the phone , they do that , pick up one phone and speak for a minute , while that ones ringing they say hold on a minute , and pick up the other one . |
| 3 | Thou'lt hold him as long as anyone can , I see that , but you must not expect to have him all to yourself . |
| 4 | Interglass hold BS 5750/I.S.O. 9002 ) . |
| 5 | A number of new locations are also seeking to attract holding companies in Europe . |
| 6 | Then I realised this was unusual for an owl , because in the wild they tend to swallow their prey whole , so I simply stopped holding on to the chick and soon she was gobbling it up in one . |
| 7 | One drill involved holding an umbrella under his armpits while striking putts . |
| 8 | After an appeal from the Constitutional Court that President and legislature settle their differences , Yeltsin and Khasbulatov reached a compromise which involved holding a constitutional referendum on April 11 , 1993 , and freezing all constitutional amendments adopted at the Congress . |
| 9 | The Likud Prime Minister , Mr Yitzhak Shamir , proposed holding the elections last May , but he is resolutely opposed to any role for Mr Yasser Arafat 's Palestine Liberation Organisation , which he insists is still committed to terrorism . |
| 10 | Kravchuk proposed holding a conference to arrange repayment and appointing a Western bank to manage it . |
| 11 | GORDON Subdued holding job in wide positions that prevented McAllister and Speed beaking more often . |
| 12 | More complicated patterns for the arm involve holding it straight and turned outwards at certain angles , where the physiotherapist has placed the arm , and then learning to move the arm between two positions . |
| 13 | Emotions which are stifled or suppressed involve holding yourself permanently in check and this is bound to cause tension . |
| 14 | Balance on your bottom , knees together , feet off the ground , arms bent holding the ‘ oars ’ . |
| 15 | Got to try holding as many as you can really . |
| 16 | The jurist could consider holding a trust to be valid where the beneficiary was the same , although the trustee liable had in fact changed . |
| 17 | Will the Minister consider holding a meeting with representatives of Hydro-power , which serves the most isolated communities in Scotland which are subjected regularly to the most severe weather conditions ? |
| 18 | Hercules is often depicted holding a club and draped with a lion 's hide . |
| 19 | CHRIS TARRANT ( left ) holding court … and caught holding . |
| 20 | Granny Smith , a neighbour of Mrs Dyer in Reading , swore that a brick found holding down one of the tiny cadavers was the same one that Mrs Dyer used to keep her flat irons on . |
| 21 | and it needs holding up . |
| 22 | Longing was the key : ‘ I long to hold some lady , ’ a longing that was inexhaustible , tumultuous and yet ardently romantic . |
| 23 | Having fixed these ‘ volume ’ targets at the beginning of its period of office , a government would seek to hold to them even if the economy expanded faster or more slowly than expected , or if prices or wages rose . |
| 24 | Penry bent to hold her wrist between his fingers , his mouth tightening as he took her pulse . |
| 25 | The leaders accepted baptism for themselves and their people , and promised to hold their lands as vassals of the Frankish king . |
| 26 | Boxing Day morning was grey and overcast but the rain promised to hold off at least until the evening . |
| 27 | Erm the old on that you know , took me two years to get the bearings approved and er you know but then having to wait a year and a half cos had a year and a half 's worth of orders on 'em and promised to hold the price for three years is that 's what it took for them to use them up , er has run out , new orders have been put on but I 've got the chance of taking the business . |
| 28 | When it steadied she pulled out the bath plug and knelt to hold her protesting head under the running water from the tap . |
| 29 | The turner still has to hold a great juddering chisel in his hands and relies on a good eye and a steady hand to ensure a true cut . |
| 30 | But he added : ‘ Everybody recognises that the Government has to hold on to an existing policy until the replacement is ready to put in place , and clearly the Secretary of State has to hold to his policy until an alternative has been agreed . ’ |