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Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [pron] hold " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	But it hurt , damn it , to know that anyone held that opinion of her .
2	I blinked and looked up at her face again , to find that it held an icy glare .
3	It will be shown in a later chapter that there seems to be no evidence to indicate that he held that post before holding the kazaskerlik , while there is positive evidence that he held it after holding the kazaskerlik .
4	Expecting to find a look of mockery on his face , she was disconcerted to see that it held nothing of the sort .
5	For a second I thought he was going to hit me , but then he reached into his jacket pocket and brought out a wallet that he unfolded and thrust towards me , giving me just enough time to see that he held the rank of chief inspector , one of the highest ranks in the Bahamian police force , then the wallet was snapped shut and Deacon Billingsley moved to stand very close to me , so close that I could smell the cigar smoke on his breath .
6	Whenever possible he had been forcing the lords of Aquitaine to acknowledge that they held their " honours " , their counties , viscounties and other seigneuries , not as independent lordships but as fiefs , for which they owed the Duke homage .
7	She felt she must make sure he knew why she was doing this — for Marguerite alone and not because she seemed to be unable to resist when he held her .
8	When we got the rope tied across , Ivy my daughter , she walk across the ice to see if it hold her .
9	Taskopruzade does not mention any successor to Tursun Fakih , nor does he seem to describe the activities of any other scholar of the relevant period in such a way as to suggest that he held the office of Mufti .
10	It took Mr Gorbachev a year or two to perceive that he held a hopelessly weak hand — that the Soviet Union could not possibly match the enormous economic and technological resources Mr Reagan commanded and was prepared to employ , including the much-maligned Strategic Defence Initiative , which Mr Shultz strongly supported .
11	She even managed to smile as she held out her hand .
12	Once more , the strong features threatened to disintegrate but she held them bravely in place .
13	The Power Keyboard and Power Mouse programs allow you to alter the way your input devices work — perhaps you want Excel to re-calculate when you hold down and click the right mouse button .
14	‘ Good morning , Rickie , ’ I said loudly , wanting to demonstrate that I held no grudge for his behaviour in the night .
15	In view of the differences in the natures of their jobs and in their locations , and in view of the lack of any mention of a connection between the two men , it is not impossible to suppose that they held their offices contemporaneously , that while Molla Yegan held the office of Mufti In conjunction with his other offices in Bursa , perhaps even retaining some official precedence over Fahreddin Acemi , the latter was appointed to an entirely new office , the Mufti of the capital , which was then Edirne .
16	If so , the fact that a dependence thesis is true of theoretical authorities is strong evidence to suppose that it holds for practical authorities as well .
17	Taskopruzade 's statement about the three posts is ambiguous in this respect , although his assertion that Molla Fenari was unable to make fair copies of a number of his works because of his duties as kadi , muderris and Mufti might be taken to imply that he held the posts simultaneously .
18	He is the kind of person you want to beat because you hold them in such high regard . ’
19	Just as if , if we are in a sort , team leader or a section head as I 've shown , it does n't mean to say that we hold all the knowledge , we can pass it on to others , who can he pass it on to somebody else although you ultimately may be responsible for the training of other people , you do n't need to do it all yourself do you , but unless you pass on skills , you 're gon na make a sort of a quite a vicious circle for yourself are n't ya ?