Example sentences of "hold on to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 : |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Hold on to the edge of 1 bench with your hands behind your back . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ' |
| 6 | The crosser is required to tight-rope walk on the single strand below and hold on to the two other lines for balance . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Instead , look for a protein based product that is acid balanced to keep the cuticle tight and hold on to the colour . |
| 9 | Hold on to the furthest part of the leg that you can reach without straining , lowering the body as close to the leg as possible . |
| 10 | And hold on to the bundles ! ’ |
| 11 | I 'll stay with you and hold on to the guns . |
| 12 | As long as doctors hold on to the role of being omnipotent , it is not surprising they need defences . |
| 13 | You sit on the saddle and try and keep your balance and hold on to the handlebars . |
| 14 | Hold on to the case chassis with your other hand to eliminate the possibility of static discharge between your thumb and the integrated circuit . |
| 15 | That 's it because what you well you either hold on to the first five or six and then you lose the rest or sometimes you remember the beginning and the end and you lose the bit in the middle , ah . |
| 16 | If you 're not gon na sit straight then hold on to the computer ! |
| 17 | Ann said hold on to the pattern , she said I do n't know what to do , erm knit them |
| 18 | The snow hook is actually on the end of the tow line so that in the unlikely event of the karabiner unhooking — as it did once on me — — the hook stays close to you giving you an outside chance of holding on to the team . |
| 19 | He was holding on to the hand of one of the passengers who was bleeding rather badly . |
| 20 | Valenzuela , holding on to the killer 's hand , dislodged his friend 's corpse . |
| 21 | Lee was behind him , holding on to the back of his anorak and bumping him with the torch . |
| 22 | Her toes were on the beam , her arms above her head , holding on to the top of the gates . |
| 23 | they are caught , often , in a conflict between holding on to the security of their childhood dependence and striking out for independence . |
| 24 | Holding on to the railings , he moved down the passage between the church and the presbytery . |
| 25 | We watched her sway away holding on to the rails , her high curls shining , her figure neat , her intense musky scent lingering like a memory in the air after she herself had gone . |
| 26 | Miss Phoebe gave her head a slight shake , holding on to the arms of her chair as if it would save her from drowning . |
| 27 | The most important thing to remember about juggling is that , if you throw the ball well , the catch will look after itself , except for those one in ten people who have great difficulty in holding on to the ball . |
| 28 | It was never , as we have seen , the Labour government 's intention that the independence of India should be the prelude to a general nunc dimittis , and this disposes of the plausible notion that once India was gone the pointlessness of holding on to the rest of the dependent empire , supposedly acquired to protect the sea routes to Bombay , was immediately perceived . |
| 29 | Note the tension produced by holding on to the passing note of A♯ in bars 12 and 16 , and the ‘ heavy ’ sound of the minor 3rd ( G natural ) against the E7 chord in bar 18 , anticipating the ♭7th of the A7 to follow . |
| 30 | With toes pointed downwards , raise the extended leg 6ins ( 15cm ) off the floor , leaning right over to the opposite side for balance and holding on to the ankle in front of you . |