Example sentences of "[vb infin] to hold on to " in BNC.
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| 1 | When at the top he was disappointed to find no flag , but with some cautious experimentation discovered that he did not need to hold on to the pole — he could float . |
| 2 | Well there 's no question but which therapists and people of medical profession have come across cases of people who have indeed been scarred for their whole lives and and found it very difficult to maintain trust and relationships and and be able to achieve their potential as a result of the sorts of situations that they endured , and perhaps we 're more understanding about those sorts of areas of the human need to be able to express anxiety and to feel that to express fears is is not something that 's going to overwhelm people that are around us , so that adults who are in the care of children , be they teachers , or parents , or child care workers , can allow children to express their feelings so that they do n't need to hold on to them and thereby increase the fears that they have . |
| 3 | With the scent of him dizzying her senses it was all she could do to hold on to her common sense once more . |
| 4 | We would like to hold on to the VHS copies for a further 3 weeks . |
| 5 | I might have to hold on to it You 'll have to get people to you know . |
| 6 | " I can show you how , " he promised , " but we would have to hold on to the back of a chair . " |
| 7 | Gloria was always telling Dot she should try to hold on to things so she 'd have them as keepsakes for ever . |
| 8 | Some of her family and friends who knew that her marriage was unsuccessful may assume that her feelings about her husband 's death could only be those of relief that their life together is over at last and that she is now free to seek a better future for herself ; not realising that if a woman has lived with a man for many years , unless he has treated her with extreme cruelty , and shown her no love at all throughout the whole of their marriage , some kind of bond is bound to have existed between them , and that even if he left her with only a handful of good memories of times they spent together , it is likely that she may want to hold on to them , cherish them , and even build upon them . |
| 9 | He does not want to hold on to it . |
| 10 | It is widely assumed that Elders will not bother to hold on to any Scottish shares and its 23.7 per cent stake will be acquired and used as the springboard for a bid . |
| 11 | NORTHANTS might just struggle to hold on to the NatWest trophy they won on Sunday . |