Example sentences of "[be] hold on to [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end she proved , and many women police officers are proving , that it is now the men who are holding on to their apron strings . |
| 2 | Even junior clubs were holding on to their players . |
| 3 | They often looked very strained to Anna , as if they were holding on to their loyalty for dear life . |
| 4 | Sam claims her father breached the trust she placed in him and says he is holding on to her cash . |
| 5 | Mr Hollings confirmed that Dowding was holding on to its 8.7pc stake in T&C , built up in the run-up to and during the launch of the takeover bid . |
| 6 | Even through the pain in her head where Guido was holding on to her hair the plain facts of what he was saying were finally sinking in . |
| 7 | It was the latter who , ignoring the red-faced Maxwell whose wife was holding on to his arm , asked the Consul General : |
| 8 | Nellie was holding on to his arm as they walked out into the corridor and he felt her tense . |
| 9 | His attorney 's girlfriend was holding on to his legs as he went through the things that were wrong with his life , in broken English . |
| 10 | I associated the whole family thing with being older and I was holding on to my youth . |