Example sentences of "[pron] to hold on to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had to have something to hold on to when she disappeared into the black hospital pit . |
| 2 | PHIL HILBORNE Solo Analysis SOMETHING TO HOLD ON TO — Trevor Rabin … |
| 3 | Curved , yes , he had expected that , he had known he was n't going to find a flat plateau , but something to hold on to he had expected , a double ridge perhaps , pipes or cables , not what was in fact there , nothing more than shallow flanges at the tops of the double-leaf doors . |
| 4 | But then the baby would stir in its sleep and put up one tiny pink hand , perhaps seeking for something to hold on to . |
| 5 | something she still needed , even yet ; something to hold on to ; a devil she knew , immovable in the change and flux of her life . |
| 6 | Give me something to hold on to . |
| 7 | The old man went with her and stayed there , peering through the dirty panes , scrabbling absently for something to hold on to . |
| 8 | ‘ What is there to hold on to ? ’ she asked . |
| 9 | She looked down and stared at her hands , willing herself to hold on to her sanity . |
| 10 | Merrill closed her eyes for a moment , willing herself to hold on to her intentions . |
| 11 | Robyn ground out , forcing herself to hold on to what little composure she had left . |
| 12 | There was nothing to hold on to . |
| 13 | It was worst for the very short , like the fat girl she could see between face and face and back of head , standing with nothing to hold on to , supported by those who surrounded her , her head under the men 's elbows , a woman 's handbag , clutched under an arm , driving its hard corners into her throat . |
| 14 | She 'd never felt so lost ; there was nothing to hold on to in a world so alien . |
| 15 | It was n't easy ; the world was still busy spinning and she had nothing to hold on to . |
| 16 | ‘ Because Ruth , dear one , there was nothing to hold on to . |
| 17 | You had nothing to hold on to , you were just squeezed in between daddy 's legs . |
| 18 | ‘ Reason tells me I do right to let you go , yet my heart urges me to hold on to you … ’ |
| 19 | Second , at the very tip of their abdomen they possess a hook-like structure which enables them to hold on to the shell . |
| 20 | Mr Milosevic is urging the Bosnian Serbs to sign the plan because , he says , it would allow them to hold on to almost all the territory they have won by force . |
| 21 | This might enable them to hold on to around 100 of their present 270 seats . |
| 22 | She would try anything … anything to hold on to it . |
| 23 | I think it will help us to hold on to what I am going to say if we keep in mind two pictures : a hallway of a house , and a telephone . |
| 24 | Whatever the inner pressures within us to hold on to a prejudicial attitude , when a Christian maintains a prejudice and fails to aim for its resolution , the problem may well be a conflict with God 's truth , of actually resisting God 's will . |