Example sentences of "[noun prp] hold [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The intra-Christian fighting of the first half of 1990 did not result in any tangible changes in territorial control over the enclave ; the LF maintained control of Jounieh and Jubail areas to the north of Beirut as well as the East Beirut quarters of Ashrafieh and Karantina , while Aoun held on to the area around the Baabda Presidential palace , where he himself was based , and around Ras al Metn and the southern entrances to East Beirut . |
| 2 | During the next 150 years most of Hungary lay under Turkish rule , but the Habsburgs held on to Slovenia and parts of Croatia and Slavonia , including the Zagreb region . |
| 3 | When families like those in the novels of Ivy Compton-Burnett hold on to their houses at all costs , it is only to discover that their houses hold on to them . |
| 4 | Should Blackburn hold on to the end , do n't taunt Kenny Dalglish about buying the title . |
| 5 | Persson dominated the first game and his venomous top spin attack proved too strong for even Chen 's defences as they were breached 21–8 but Chen held on to an even scoreline in the second game . |
| 6 | Rosie tried to take the hen from Artemis , but Artemis held on to her firmly . |
| 7 | He turned well in the box before hitting the outside of the post , but Aberdeen held on to go level with Motherwell and Hearts at the top of the table . |
| 8 | He turned well in the box before hitting the outside of the post , but Aberdeen held on to go level with Motherwell and Hearts at the top of the table . |
| 9 | Léonie held on to her toy fox and stared at Thérèse . |
| 10 | This clearly shows Kirwan holding on to Webb long after the scoring pass was given to Jones . |
| 11 | Reluctantly she dragged herself out of the bunk and , with Ruth carrying the baby and Ernest holding on to Enoch , they went on deck . |
| 12 | For art 's sake , Yeats held on to the myth of his high , unrequited love ( he even proposed marriage to Maud 's daughter when the child grew old enough to look just like her mother did , so long ago ) . |
| 13 | Dave Rogers went for broke … went for the line on his own and made it … a great effort but Coventry held on to win by thirty four points to fifteen … |
| 14 | Sole contender to get over the 23rd fence at the first attempt in a huge pile-up in 1967 , the moderate , blinkered Foinavon held on to his unexpected lead all the way to the winning post , seven lonely fences later , to beat Honey End with Red Alligator , who won it next year , third . |
| 15 | Robert held on to Hasan 's hand as Mr and Mrs Brown , the new parents , came through the now open front door of the school . |
| 16 | ‘ Wait , ’ said Philip holding on to him . |
| 17 | Paige held on to her temper , knowing her cousin would love her to lose it . |
| 18 | McLeish held on to his temper , reminding himself that he was very tired . |
| 19 | Lee held on to Caspar who was pulling , while Philip bolted the door , forcing it , and picked up the torch that Lee had dropped . |
| 20 | She took the cup Lee held out to her in her knobbly hands . |
| 21 | 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 : |
| 22 | Don Johnson holds on to a chic Melanie Griffith ( above ) |
| 23 | Gould could not resist plucking every fruit that Australia held out to him . |
| 24 | Emily held on to the edge of the counter to support herself and whispered , ‘ I was afraid this would happen . |
| 25 | Claudia held on to her temper with an effort ; it was bad enough that Dana had leapt to the right conclusion without her confirming it . |
| 26 | Watson held on to third place with a final 74 for a 296 total , with former England international Martin Foster of Worksop just a stroke behind after a closing 68 . |
| 27 | Huy held on to the thin throat until the face above it turned blue and tears appeared . |
| 28 | But the SDLP 's Alex Attwood held on to his seat in Upper Falls , with 1,000 votes more than the quota , while two Sinn Fein candidates , Alex Maskey and newcomer Una Gillespie , were also elected . |
| 29 | The miracle is that Britain held on to the bloody Empire for so long . |
| 30 | It was estimated by the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) that Iraq was holding up to 40,000 Iranian PoWs ( more than half of them unregistered as such ) and that Iran held up to 70,000 Iraqi PoWs ( of whom some 50,000 were registered ) . |