Example sentences of "hold [adv prt] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mahdi Mohammed loyalists were holding out in the northern fringes of the capital . |
| 2 | With a mother who was active in B'nai B'rith , Anne Barth was offered a place on one of the early Kindertransporte , but her parents decided to hold back in the faint hope that conditions would improve . |
| 3 | Although she had never read any of his books , she was well aware of the high regard he was held in in the literary world . |
| 4 | The measure had been approved by the lower chamber on Dec. 1 , but had been held up in the upper house where the LDP lacked an overall majority . |
| 5 | However , the Associated Press news agency reported on Feb. 8 that the package could be held up in the European Parliament , due to opposition from the socialist group because of concerns about Syria 's human rights record . |
| 6 | The molecules are consequently held back in the liquid phase and the vapour pressure is lower . |
| 7 | Charles swept the land twice with his armies , burning and killing wherever he could find victims , but the Saxons held out in the impenetrable forests and marshes , closing in behind the Frankish military movements . |
| 8 | When they saw Frick , whom they had been told to expect , the Sturmabteilungen snapped to attention , their arms held out in the traditional Nazi salute . |