Example sentences of "hold [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 31 | One gripes and holds off and bangs the pillows and thinks the real thing is to come , and then one starts to lose the thread . |
| 32 | She hoots and is about to say something , but she holds off in front of Darius and squints at me to see what I mean . |
| 33 | ‘ I hope not , as long as the rain holds off . ’ |
| 34 | the farmers will hope it holds off at least for the next few weeks . |
| 35 | He holds up a cricket bat . |
| 36 | Street Scene is the climax of this quest , an opera that speaks with the accents of Broadway , but which holds up a typically critical and compassionate mirror to the face of his adopted city . |
| 37 | She holds up the American education system as an answer to the supposed link between language and class mobility . |
| 38 | But it is not a model that holds up for the twentieth century , when liberalization of the divorce law was not a matter of last resort but was rather always proposed as a means of strengthening the institution of marriage ( by permitting those ‘ living in sin ’ to remarry ) ; when opinion shifted with dramatic speed , for example between the conservative recommendations of the 1956 Royal Commission on Divorce and the endorsement of profound liberalization given a mere ten years later by both the Law Commission and the Church of England ; and when the change in views of key institutions such as the Church of England were as important as those of lawyers . |
| 39 | Someone gives a little cheer , and Peter holds up his hand . |
| 40 | Ellison 's role with swing and seam may be crucial and it must be earnestly hoped that his back , the source of trouble in the past , holds up to increased demands . |
| 41 | He holds up a stick for all to see . |
| 42 | Modigliani , engrossed in a book , holds up his hand to refuse disdainfully whilst Soutine , head in hands , looks plunged in despair . |
| 43 | This is perhaps believed by practitioners rather than being a view that holds up to epistemological scrutiny . |
| 44 | One holds up the east-west streets . |
| 45 | Controlling for them tests the original relationship between X and Y , and checks that it holds up . |
| 46 | ‘ If the mechanism holds up , we will have a better means to identify which toxin is involved , ’ adds Schutzer . |
| 47 | And so he turns aside under a pine tree , lays his sword and oliphant under him and lies down to die : he makes his confession , holds up his right glove to God and angels come and carry his soul to Paradise . |
| 48 | ( Holds up a limpet shell . ) |
| 49 | One person holds up each of the objects in turn and says ‘ This is a thing , a very pretty thing , what must the owner do to receive it ? ’ |
| 50 | To help out , the second player holds up the mirror so that the first player can see his reflection . |
| 51 | She , too , holds up the spoon and tries to tempt me . |
| 52 | This lush green mountainous island , with one of the best all-year-round climates in the world , is also a huge self-regulating reservoir which holds up to 200 million cubic metres of water . |
| 53 | Sitting in the living room of her Gothic house in Highgate , North London , she holds up her 1991 diary and points to the entry for May 6 . |
| 54 | Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan tried to lure Beardsley back to his native North East earlier this season , but Kendall spurned their attempt for the player he holds up as an example to all professionals . |
| 55 | It holds up to three horses and will be driven to and from London by Mrs Charley from their home just outside Coventry . |
| 56 | [ Holds up an idealised portrait of Jesus with blond hair and blue eyes . ] |
| 57 | Brophy however insisted that if test-tube fusion holds up it would have such a major impact on society that ‘ Sometimes one has more responsibility to society than to the scientific community . ’ |
| 58 | STEVE BAINES proudly holds up a medal he won as a player — and one he has collected as a referee . |
| 59 | STEVE BAINES proudly holds up a medal he won as a player — and one he has collected as a referee . |
| 60 | Yes it should , but only if South Africa holds up its hand and admits that money did find its way into certain bank accounts and that the game in South Africa has been awash with money for many years . |