Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as the band is long enough I hold that instead of the cord . |
| 2 | So I held the cigarette between my fingers , and waited . |
| 3 | I could see Quigley was about to make another move , but before he could do so I held out my hands , palm downwards , in a gesture much favoured by Mr Toombs in his last ecclesiastical campaign . |
| 4 | So I held my breath when conductor En Shao took the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra through the fastest fourth movement of Tchaikovsky 's 4th symphony I have ever heard , wondering what he would do with the resonations . |
| 5 | So I held his hand all the way and mum was there and I said you 'll be alright dad I said do n't worry about it I said er , we 'll be here when you come out , he said yeah alright , I 'm alright , so as the surgeon came out he said look Mrs he said I 've seen your daughter , yeah , I have to say this to you he said it 's a fifty , fifty percent chance that John will come back from the operation , operation OK and he said it 's a one hundred percent chance he wo n't without surgery of course he do n't know anything , got his little cap on |
| 6 | The direction and power of the smash is affected by when you hit the ball , what direction the ball 's already travelling , and how long you hold down the fire button ! |
| 7 | At present there is no time limit on how long you hold stock — with the result that many appro forms date back some years . |
| 8 | So she held out her hand , because she knew that adults did that . |
| 9 | But she was in the right and so she held her body erect , her tiny , heart-shaped face raised to his in haughty indifference however close to angry tears she might be . |
| 10 | So she held her tongue as he alighted and went round to open the passenger door , offering her his hand . |
| 11 | So she held back on her questioning , though she somehow found that she was telling him of her love of music and how Janáček 's lively sixth movement was one of her particular favourites . |
| 12 | " Open this , " delightedly she held out a different bottle and a corkscrew . |
| 13 | So we held our agm about two weeks before the baby was due . |
| 14 | Perhaps it 's perhaps they hold more than you think they do . |
| 15 | So they held a roadside meeting and decided to head for Castlemorton over the border in Worcestershire . |
| 16 | If only it holds for a while . ’ |
| 17 | Only it holds onto the hairs so much that it rips them out so that you end up with legs with no hairs on it but ah ! |
| 18 | So he held firm and , after the decisive vote on paragraph 21 of chapter 3 of Lumen Gentium , noted late at night : These rather scrappy notes , jotted down late at night on 22 September 1964 take us to the heart of Paul VI , and illustrate how he saw his Petrine ministry in relation to the ministry of other bishops . |
| 19 | Because i i they though it was in competition with other varieties around and it something t It was n't necessarily to do with the fact that erm they though it was less it held less prestige in the community . |
| 20 | ‘ Mind your own business ! ’ she said through her teeth , and the car swept on , the atmosphere between them growing even more unbearable the longer she held him off . |
| 21 | ‘ Now just you hold it there ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Now just you hold on — ’ Dorcas began . |
| 23 | Tonight we hold a twelve race meeting starting at seven thirty pm . |
| 24 | Normally they held their offices during the King 's pleasure and could therefore be replaced when they were no longer fit for duty . |
| 25 | When he took Nicandra 's plate away he held it for Maman to see , hoping perhaps that a little annoyance might irritate her back to liveliness . |
| 26 | Thus he held together the two things which in the Enlightenment tended to fall apart , and to be defined in opposition to each other — faith against knowledge , revelation against reason . |
| 27 | And the longer he held her the weaker she felt . |
| 28 | Tonight he holds back the ill-concealed shudders and caresses the swelling head , he bends and kisses the skin exposed . |
| 29 | And already it holds the record in Britain for the inland stretch of water with the highest number of bird species in winter . |
| 30 | Instinctively she held his shoulders , allowing her hands freedom to roam across his wide back , trace the strong neck , reach into the thick blond hair . |