Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] hold [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Otley and I held on to him while Nigel searched for a large piece of wood to haul him out with , and in the meantime we had a close-up of the lush vegetation of the riverside : buttercups , forget-me-nots , dog roses and honeysuckle and the shy little water avens modestly hiding its peach-coloured face . |
| 2 | In the event , by the intervention of the umpire , Norrish was given enough room after two minutes to grasp the stream and she held on to her advantage with great skill until Oxford were clear and the race was won . |
| 3 | Now , Eleanor Thorne was eighty-nine years old , and her conversation was erratic , but Dorothea still sat with her , and for the odd fifteen or twenty minutes , and sometimes as long as an hour , they would talk , as they had always done and the present world swung temporarily into focus for the old lady , and she held on to it , like a crystal ball , firmly in her hand . |
| 4 | I groped for Toby in the dark and found his hands , and they held on to me , and I shouted again to an unknown listener as I had wanted to in the street : " I do n't want this ! |
| 5 | Denmead opened the scoring through Chris King and they held on until the second half when Campbell Wilson equalised for Good Sports . |
| 6 | By the next season 1923–24 , the outside-right position was Harry 's own — and he held on to it for another decade . |
| 7 | Martin had pulled himself up to his feet now and he held on to the back of the chair as he nodded at her , then watched her go towards the door . |
| 8 | 12.37 am , Plymouth Devonport : David Owen held the seat for Labour until defecting to the SDP in 1981 and he held on in 1983 and 1987 . |
| 9 | But I held on to my tongue , and got sent to interview Scottish big ears , Paul Haig . |
| 10 | She hoots and is about to say something , but she holds off in front of Darius and squints at me to see what I mean . |
| 11 | There was a strong chase behind and the leaders never got more than a 25-second gap but they held on to the finish where Scott was strongest up the hill to 21 win by a second with Downey a further 14 seconds back . |
| 12 | Angered , Sara tried to snatch her hand away but he held on to her wrist and put his other arm around her shoulders . |
| 13 | everything would be absolutely soaking , and I 'd try and get it off of him but he holds on to it so tight |