Example sentences of "[coord] [subord] [pron] hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | Severe actions may be sanctioned against Ireland because it is naturally cursed , or because it needs extreme measures to bring it the fruits of reformation ( desired by God ) , or because it holds some particular horror for England which the English will deserve unless they do something about it . |
| 2 | But nowadays not everyone is so ready to accept such divisions as unalterable , and if one holds the not unreasonable belief that the existence of wealth is one cause of poverty , then clearly we are faced with a more difficult choice : either to tolerate the existence of both wealth and poverty , or to aim at abolishing poverty , in which case we have no option but to attack wealth . |
| 3 | You need to sleep , and if I hold you any more … ’ |
| 4 | Well , the market will probably be up a year from now , and if he holds shares in all the ex-state companies ( 36 , less two taken over ) his risks are tolerably spread , with worthy water companies balancing clouded bits of aerospace . |
| 5 | And if you hold a signing session — provided it is n't for a politician , a game-show host or some other nonentity — then the collectors will be out in force , perfectly happy to buy a new copy of Julian Barnes ' The Porcupine , though eager too to slip in their mint first of Metroland ( worth up to £80 ) or Flaubert 's Parrot ( £40 ) . |
| 6 | There was a new desire for ‘ reality ’ and for ‘ self-expression ’ , and while they held within them dangers , they also held the possibility of ‘ veracity and strenuous life ’ . |
| 7 | Those of geometer moths are coloured and patterned to look like twigs and when they hold themselves with one end in the air at exactly the same angle to a stem as other twigs springing from it , they are virtually impossible to detect . |
| 8 | His large , gnarled hands had very gently stroked the soft flannel over the protesting muddle of arms and legs on his towelled lap , and when he held one leg by the ankle and it slipped from his grasp as the baby kicked , his sudden exclamation of horror had started a loud wail and reduced Carrie to a fit of laughter at her husband 's awkwardness . |
| 9 | And when he held out his hands again , this time I took them . |
| 10 | And when he held out his arms to her she stepped forward into his embrace , knowing full well she would only attract more interested looks if she refused . |
| 11 | Doyle watched her riffle through a wad of papers as though she had taken him by surprise , and when she held up something for Tug to see he craned sideways so that he could glimpse it too . |
| 12 | I held Elizabeth close , and as I held her , I saw the monster watching me through the open window of the room . |
| 13 | She reached up to kiss him , and as he held her to him he was aware of her slender nakedness beneath the ivory silk robe . |
| 14 | And as he held his finger to his lips , she remembered that he had told her in strict confidence that the complex belonged to him . |
| 15 | The black girl bent suggestively forward to slowly slide the lighted candle into her backside , and as she held it in her back passage , the whip effortlessly flicked out the flame . |
| 16 | But back Northampton went and though they held the first Nottingham surge they could not stop the second and scrum-half Hughes dived over on the left to score a try which earned a standing ovation . |
| 17 | Ariel feels the old woman flapping feebly with her legs , and though she holds on , Sycorax slides off her back and on to the ground ; she cries to Ariel again to run , run as hard as she can , and from the ground she begins to shriek , till the guard himself cries out , and drops on one knee to take aim in the pitch dark . |
| 18 | But if we hold to the idea of democracy as popular power , then it is clear that the concentration of so much power in non-accountable hands , outside the control of elected bodies , is incompatible with democracy . |
| 19 | Injections into , say , the muscle of the hindleg are more painful , but if you hold the dog as directed , offering plenty of reassurance , then no long-term behavioural problem should take hold as a result and the experience should be rapidly forgotten . |
| 20 | But if it holds weight , then their wages they crave , We have got no money , and what 's that you 'd have ? |
| 21 | I like to use shell-shaped pasta , not just for its marine association , but because it holds the juices and envelops the mussels so well . |
| 22 | She regards me with suspicion , but when I hold out my hand , she takes it . |
| 23 | But when he held out the bread to Charlotte , he could not do it , because he was shaking and crying so much . |