Example sentences of "hold [adv prt] to [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next step is to work out why you are still holding on to your old belief . |
| 2 | Of its 450 members , 162 last month signed a letter arguing that for the time being Ukraine should hold on to its nuclear weapons . |
| 3 | Far from being a challenger for power , it could not even hold on to its old citadels . |
| 4 | The offensive has slowed , and there are doubts whether the guerrillas can hold on to their recent gains for long . |
| 5 | I 'll hold on to you dear . |
| 6 | No longer will I hold on to my lifelong belief that events in the world around me threaten my personal identity . |
| 7 | Shaking with terror , Isabel put a hand to the wall in an attempt to hold on to something solid , only to have it scoot across the slimy surface , almost throwing her to the ground . |
| 8 | After their loss of Normandy in 1204 the king-dukes were all the more concerned to hold on to their southern lands . |
| 9 | Dolphins that feed mainly on squid usually have fewer teeth and have developed other adaptations to hold on to their slippery-bodied meals . |
| 10 | It is the particular genius of British politics that the major parties have always managed to hold on to their respective extremists and so to draw their teeth . |
| 11 | With the scent of him dizzying her senses it was all she could do to hold on to her common sense once more . |
| 12 | They tell the listener that the speaker wishes to hold on to his conversational turn , but at the same time asks for assistance . |
| 13 | Francis Bacon advised King James to hold on to his royal wastes and hunting forests for exactly this potential ; and , as if to confirm the good sense of such drainage enterprises , a series of bad winters between 1607 and 1613 created some of the worst floods in living memory . |
| 14 | The huge " club fender " of early Edwardian times should have held on to its proper suggestions of Christmas , when a group of laughing guests sat there , full glasses in their hands , while child actors performed in a glittering pantomime , entrances and exits from behind the Christmas tree . |
| 15 | Despite joint ventures in Europe with Philips and Olivetti , and in Spain , AT&T did not successfully achieve the same status as the existing ‘ foreign legion ’ telecoms equipment suppliers ; Siemens of Germany and Ericsson continued their traditional success as equipment suppliers in many countries , and ITT largely held on to its foreign markets both under its US ownership and when it came under majority French ( Alcatel ) control in 1986 . |
| 16 | Perhaps Mr Dlouhy should have held on to his official Audi after all . |
| 17 | To Marquand , MacDonald 's real fault was that he held on to his nineteenth-century principles for too long . |
| 18 | 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 . |