Example sentences of "n't [be] hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Guy had n't been holding her , she was sure she would have dropped to the floor . |
| 2 | Embsay General Manager Mr Stephen Walker explained : ‘ We certainly do celebrate our 25th anniversary next year but we wo n't be holding any big anniversary events and the loan of the 4F is n't really anything to do with this . |
| 3 | He only had one tiny conviction for shoplifting so far , and felt sure that would n't be held against him . |
| 4 | Francis said : ‘ I could n't be held responsible for the weather . |
| 5 | But he said : ‘ Managers ca n't be held responsible for what players do on the pitch . |
| 6 | It does n't bind you , and it ca n't be held against you . |
| 7 | I wo n't be held by a promise that was unfairly extracted from me before I legally became an adult . |
| 8 | ‘ You ca n't be held responsible for your distaste for politics , I suppose . ’ |
| 9 | Most booking conditions are hedged with all sorts of exclusions about why a tour operator ca n't be held liable when things go wrong . |
| 10 | It had been very different for her but he could n't be held responsible for her folly . |
| 11 | They charge you an extra quid for booking with a credit card , and say they ca n't be held responsible if the postman wobs the ticket in transit . |
| 12 | I wo n't be held hostage to your quarrel with Jeff . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ But I ca n't be held responsible for — ’ she tried to argue — and got shot down in flames for her trouble . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm giving you one final warning , Adam — if you touch me I wo n't be held responsible for my actions ! ’ |
| 15 | Rory cried , feeling the weight of guilt settle on her shoulders like a suffocating cloak , even though she knew in her heart she could n't be held to blame for this tragedy . |
| 16 | Gallagher was found guilty of careless driving , but his insurers , the Norwich Union , insist he ca n't be held liable for what happened . |
| 17 | He nevertheless ended the year ranked ninth in the world , with 17.43 metres , and can prepare for the Olympics safe in the knowledge that his event wo n't be held on a Sunday in Barcelona . |
| 18 | There is nothing more annoying than a computer system that works beautifully , say , in a library , and then one goes in at nine thirty in the morning and you ca n't get books out because the power has gone off , and if we are sure to go on having a society with industrial disputes , we want a system that is not capable of being completely ruined by one small section of workers deciding not to work on a particular day , and so I think while we 're putting them in , while we want to put them in in a way which that is compatible , we also need to think of having a kind of fail-safe system , particularly in the sort of more serious applications such as medicine and transport and so on , whereby we ca n't be held to ransom by very a small group of people , or indeed by just some technical fault , such as a power failure or something of this kind . |
| 19 | If I was n't being held up by the man 's gripping hand hauling me through the ferns I feel like I 'd fall down . |