Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] he hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |