Example sentences of "hold [adv prt] to [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | holds on to its water . |
| 2 | Education : Zoo trips hold on to their place in the management plan |
| 3 | Well if you hold on to your money you get loads and loads of work . |
| 4 | Just hold on to your seat belt I 've got somebody right up our backside ! |
| 5 | Not while I hold on to my cottage , there is n't . |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't touch my arm , hold on to my waist ! ’ he shouted . |
| 7 | ‘ Hold on to my shirt ! ’ |
| 8 | The chances of a local gentry family holding on to its farm through three or more generations were about 50:50 during the Elizabethan and Stuart era . |
| 9 | Sometimes the derivative models achieved success through a particular artist holding on to their subaltern guitar long after they 'd made it . |
| 10 | They often looked very strained to Anna , as if they were holding on to their loyalty for dear life . |
| 11 | To take advantage of the high rate of return on securities , people buy them now instead of holding on to their money . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ He steadied himself , holding on to her shoulder . |
| 15 | Gazzer leaned over as far as he dared and gave her a hand , holding on to her arm while she helped Simon to hoist himself up . |
| 16 | A chubby six-year-old with brown curly hair , earth smudged over two enormous pink cheeks , was standing at her side , holding on to her skirt . |
| 17 | Sam claims her father breached the trust she placed in him and says he is holding on to her cash . |
| 18 | As I tagged behind her holding on to her hand in case we got separated , I had mixed feelings about meeting Laura again . |
| 19 | Fran walked away , holding on to her control with a bitter determination . |
| 20 | I associated the whole family thing with being older and I was holding on to my youth . |
| 21 | LAST October The Economist published a study of John Major 's chances of holding on to his majority for a full five-year parliament . |
| 22 | Geoffrey was trying to drag him back by holding on to his overcoat . |
| 23 | A world champion confident of holding on to his crown . |
| 24 | Guido paused , holding on to his anger for a moment . |
| 25 | It was the latter who , ignoring the red-faced Maxwell whose wife was holding on to his arm , asked the Consul General : |
| 26 | Nellie was holding on to his arm as they walked out into the corridor and he felt her tense . |
| 27 | She found she was still holding on to his cock like a little girl might hold her brother 's hand . |
| 28 | Wycliffe , none too happy himself , felt a pang of remorse as he watched Smith who , pale , with a set expression , sat clutching with one hand at a stay of the stumpy mast and holding on to his seat with the other . |
| 29 | Relax the leg by holding on to your ankle and pulling the leg behind you for 5 counts ( see previous exercise ) . |
| 30 | This apparent advantage over a predominantly rural rebel zone would only be maintained , however , if the Republic could hold on to its territory , overcome the isolation of the north coast from the rest of the zone , put its precious metal reserves to good use , pay for essential raw materials and feed its large urban population . |