Sentence examples of "holding out of" in English
He's already been offered a couple of positions but he tells me he's holding out for a better salary.
On lui a déjà offert quelques postes mais il me dit qu'il se réserve pour un meilleur salaire.
By chance we saw him as he came out of the shop.
Par chance, on l'a vu en train de sortir du magasin.
Houses built with wood burn more easily than houses built out of stone.
Les maisons de bois brûlent plus facilement que les maisons de pierre.
Tom had just one word to cut so that out of this sentence, forever, disappeared our Mary.
Tom n'avait plus qu'un mot à couper pour que de cette phrase, à jamais, disparaisse notre Mary.
As soon as he went out of the house, it began to rain.
Dès qu'il sortit de la maison, il commença à pleuvoir.
All I could mumble in response was that when I was a man of fifty, my mother would lean out of the window when I left and remind me not to drive too fast.
Tout ce que je pouvais marmonner en guise de réponse était que lorsque j'étais un quinquagénaire, ma mère se penchait sur la fenêtre alors que je partais et me rappelait de ne pas conduire trop vite.
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