Example sentences of "hold on to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Don Johnson holds on to a chic Melanie Griffith ( above ) |
| 2 | Even if Hanson holds on to the British end of the ARC operation , it still has a long list of ConsGold assets to offload including : |
| 3 | However , Merrill Lynch is running the risk of suffering a substantial loss if the market price holds on to any substantial premium . |
| 4 | Even Baumrind ( 1982 ) , supporting Gilligan 's different voice hypothesis against what she sees as the traditionalism of the psychology of androgyny , holds on to the traditional framework of Jungian psychology in order to do this , and later ( 1986 ) , reinterprets the hypothesis in a humanist and spiritual framework , which is not differentiated by gender . |
| 5 | The ash is a classic example of a tree which holds on to its fruits well into the next season even though they may have been ripe since October . |
| 6 | Then there is the decay of the tree which sometimes holds on to a little bit of life well past when it should die completely . |
| 7 | But not going when you need to causes water absorption and hardening , and the longer the child holds on to a movement , the harder it will be — making the problem worse . |
| 8 | holds on to its water . |
| 9 | As long as a son holds on to the mother as a love-object he must ineluctably be in conflict with the father , just as , conversely , as soon as he accepts the paternal authority and identifies with his father to constitute his superego he must suppress his fundamental parricidal antagonism and with it his incestuous fixation . |
| 10 | Andrew jumped up , holds on to it , was standing with two . |
| 11 | everything would be absolutely soaking , and I 'd try and get it off of him but he holds on to it so tight |
| 12 | Hold on to the edge of 1 bench with your hands behind your back . |
| 13 | Education : Zoo trips hold on to their place in the management plan |
| 14 | But the security and long-term attractions of many of the investor/developers , as opposed to the property traders which hold on to little of what they develop , makes many of the downgradings a nonsense . |
| 15 | Under this pressure , all ordinary human ambivalence and doubt is outlawed : adopters become guilty or angry when the relationship does not proceed according to the fantasy or reality of ordinary parenting ; children suppress their fantasies of an alternative life with birth parents — or hold on to that fantasy all the more tenaciously — and birth mothers , in particular , are pushed into a denial of their own experience and feelings . |
| 16 | ‘ Hold on to the sledge rails here — keep a loose grip or your hands get tired — try not to keep your foot on the brake ( a miniature snow hook held off the snow by an elasticated octopus grip ) or your other leg will get tired — do n't shout too much at the dogs or they get confused — the occasional quiet word is helpful — on downhills brake gently if you need to so that the line stays tight . ' |
| 17 | We considered how much we , ourselves , hold on to an eternally-caring-for-others role . |
| 18 | It shows something of the best that human beings are capable of , and hints too of their tragic failure to grasp that best and hold on to it . |
| 19 | Hold on to branches , Breathe by fractions . |
| 20 | ‘ Hold on to my shirt ! ’ |
| 21 | hold on to a finished thing ? |
| 22 | The crosser is required to tight-rope walk on the single strand below and hold on to the two other lines for balance . |
| 23 | A familiar disjunction : while we hold on to personal musical favourites dating back over twenty-five years because we still enjoy listening to them , the music which brings on the fiercest nostalgia is often a terrible , loathsome noise with which we think we have nothing in common . |
| 24 | Hold on to this tension for a slow count to five , then let your feet relax and become limp as you breathe out with a sigh . |
| 25 | If we hold on to the suffering of those nearest to us , we may not be strong enough to offer any real help by lifting them from whatever is affecting them . |
| 26 | ‘ Hold on to that bloody cider , ’ Billy yelled Yanto twisted around on his seat and looked at Billy . |
| 27 | ‘ Manufacturers are struggling , but our sales are buoyant as people hold on to old cars , ’ Holmes says . |
| 28 | ‘ Hold on to that for dear life , because once you 've lost it , you 've lost everything . ’ |
| 29 | Hold on to that thought and try not to panic . |
| 30 | Instead , look for a protein based product that is acid balanced to keep the cuticle tight and hold on to the colour . |