Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] hold [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could not hold in a corner of her mind the rational knowledge that this was purely childish . |
| 2 | ‘ That was partly because you could n't hold on given scenes in the way you would normally do . |
| 3 | er reading and I ha , I could n't hold of enough of the material in the time I 'd got to write the essay so I would n't have studied enough , so I did this one on machines , and I got hold of two good books . |
| 4 | Yet what applies to a rat or dog need not hold for a human being . |
| 5 | Even though it must have been obvious that he would not hold to it at the last , the threat was enough to make Stormy Petrel veer again to her original course , and though she was trying to increase speed , and was perhaps a little more powerful than Sea Otter , we , on our straight line , could hold her comfortably . |
| 6 | But I I do you know I 've been back since but I just could n't find it now , but there it 'll be , but on the side of the er at , he used to preach at this mission , there was only him you know used to preach , and I do n't know how many other people were at , it would n't hold above er would n't hold above thirty . |
| 7 | But I I do you know I 've been back since but I just could n't find it now , but there it 'll be , but on the side of the er at , he used to preach at this mission , there was only him you know used to preach , and I do n't know how many other people were at , it would n't hold above er would n't hold above thirty . |
| 8 | In most cases it will involve new window units , which suppliers will not hold in stock . |
| 9 | Not only are these characteristics in stark contrast with the possibilities for ordinary adjectives , they can not hold for these inherently restrictive adjectives unchaperoned by an article : ( 28 ) second had roses on it Max owns best that has been discovered so far |
| 10 | Clearly it can not be the case that and that if 4 is non-zero , and so condition ( iii ) above can not hold in both environments . |