Example sentences of "[that] [adv] hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know if you noticed , but just outside the door , where the ground 's trodden , the grass thins , and there 's a slight hollow that obviously holds water every time it rains , and only dries out gradually in between — nice smooth black mud like double-cream . |
| 2 | It 's a dictum that largely holds true today , except , of course , for the Pucci tie . |
| 3 | She played with her leather gloves , turning each finger inside-out then carefully back again , aware that he was looking at her in that old , familiar searching way that somehow held her spellbound , draining her will to push the door and get away . |
| 4 | Play , sleep , sexual behaviour and other proceedings are differently distributed typically — at different ages , in a way that broadly holds across cultural barriers . |
| 5 | The aspirin bottle was empty , as was the silver-papered , singly wrapped , Panadol square that usually held twelve tablets , but in which she knew there had been only three , for she herself had taken two that afternoon . |
| 6 | Other practices that once held up the flow of the dance were the continual closing in 5th position before a new step and the continual moving of the arms through 1st position at every change of weight or during a ports de bras . |
| 7 | The structure of a dolphin flipper resembles the bone structure of an arm and hand with lingers , and a dolphin still has pelvic bones and remains of hipbones that once held limbs . |
| 8 | Where root crops are fed on the ground to cattle the rabbit has easy pickings and it remains interested and satisfied with the debris littering a field that once held a root crop . |
| 9 | The stones that we see today are therefore the remains of the supports that once held the nets in position . |
| 10 | His successor as curator , Arthur T. Bolton [ q.v. ] , claimed that ‘ it is no disrespect to his distinguished predecessors in that office to assert that he was the best curator that ever held that position of trust ’ , an opinion that was shared by ( Sir ) John Summerson , who succeeded Bolton . |
| 11 | It involved an investment cartel in a commodity that always held its value , no matter what might happen in world affairs , no matter what the state of Third World debt , no matter who was at war with whom . |
| 12 | — It is not clear , though that the Review is best seen in terms of a " regression towards the traditional pattern that still held in English Studies " as Mulhern elsewhere suggests . |
| 13 | Just as she had predicted , Matthew had become a fine young man , tall and strong , and markedly handsome , with his wayward mop of brown hair and those dark violet eyes that still held a world of bitterness whenever they looked on her . |
| 14 | One of Spiegelman 's boldest frames shows their bodies dangling among trees at one side of a wood that also holds , on the far side , the Spiegelman family car in which Vladek , 40 years on , recounts the girls ' story to his son . |
| 15 | 4 positioning on a device that also holds the data |
| 16 | ‘ Actually I intend to drop a word in your ear concerning the matter , ’ he said in a voice that now held a grim note . |
| 17 | That must vary from individual to individual and there is no need to say that simply to hold these views ( if one believes them to be the revealed will of God ) is in itself misogynist . |
| 18 | Even if you are not prepared to reject this form for professional accountability , as Sockett does , you might feel that simply holding the teacher responsible for the results contravenes natural justice . |
| 19 | It is topped by a wind-blown crust that almost holds our weight as we descend . |
| 20 | So if you 're a boxing fan this is the sort of video that you would enjoy , now it 's a boxing question , name the three world heavyweight champions that currently hold titles . |