Example sentences of "hold on to the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll stay with you and hold on to the guns . |
| 2 | You sit on the saddle and try and keep your balance and hold on to the handlebars . |
| 3 | And hold on to the bundles ! ’ |
| 4 | Holding on to the railings , he moved down the passage between the church and the presbytery . |
| 5 | Miss Phoebe gave her head a slight shake , holding on to the arms of her chair as if it would save her from drowning . |
| 6 | We watched her sway away holding on to the rails , her high curls shining , her figure neat , her intense musky scent lingering like a memory in the air after she herself had gone . |
| 7 | And then she was holding on to the branches , feeling where the Robemaker had hacked and sawn at them , knowing she must be hurting the Larch even more , and trying to be as gentle as possible . |
| 8 | From the behavioural point of view , the principal male characteristic is sadistic sexual egoism , since is it clear that only the male who is capable of driving off his rivals can hold on to the females of the breeding group . |
| 9 | After a little while , Oliver was so cold that he could n't hold on to the banisters any more . |
| 10 | It was less passive and more assertive , determined to hold on to the powers it had reclaimed from the executive in both foreign and domestic policy . |
| 11 | It may have become apparent to the counsellor that counsellees are ‘ locked ’ into feelings which are affecting the way they are leading their lives , but are apparently more content to hold on to the feelings than to resolve the difficulties which arise from them . |
| 12 | Pop had bought a large inflated life jacket for me to wear in case of our ship being sunk , in which case you were all to hold on to the cords round my waist , and he would swim round and act as a watchdog ! |
| 13 | When that happened , the others , those whose canoes sank , tried to hold on to the canoes that were still afloat . |
| 14 | Indeed there is now an incentive to hold on to the assets because if such assets are retained until death they receive a capital gains tax-free uplift ( TCGA 1992 , s62(1) ) . |
| 15 | Both Mr Porter and Mr Graham expect the NIE issue to very popular , with many local investors keen to hold on to the shares so that they can qualify for the discount vouchers will entitle them to money off their electricity bills . |
| 16 | By holding on to that possession , the people of this country would be able to hold on to the banners of freedom . |
| 17 | We should be fighting to hold on to the playgrounds we have , so our children have a safe environment in which to play . |
| 18 | Here 's an imag-inary line-up Leeds might be fielding now if they 'd held on to the stars they rejected . |
| 19 | The police explained why they 'd held on to the vehicles which were being kept near Malvern , not at Worcester . |
| 20 | The field is led by Miró with a rise of 1090% one of the few artists to have held on to the gains of the 1988–90 period . |
| 21 | The merchants had the cash , but the weakening aristocracy held on to the reins of government . |