I hadn't realized that I was still holding back before, but I was.
I don't know if I'd been holding back before, but suddenly I had a million things to say, and for the first time I talked about the questions that had been hounding me.
It had come right up to the edge of the breakers, when the sea and the horizon were still, and the great dark currents seemed to hold back before leaping forward.
Representative Thomas M. Reynolds of New York, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, said he was struck by how energized and unified the Democratic Party is, but suggested Mr. Bush would be better off "remaining as president, doing his duties, raising money for what will be a mammoth campaign; it would be better to hold back before taking on his opponent".
Lavrov called on Kiev to hold back before a meeting between Russia, the European Union, the United States, and Ukraine planned for Geneva on Thursday.
He'll be spending less time on Twitter now, it seems: He is turning back to the schedule he held back before he returned in the interim operational role — that is, he is coming in to Twitter now on Tuesday afternoons.
In fact, a better deal for people who have been held back before we came along.
He did not hold back as he tweeted before, during and after the showdown.
Most unions had indicated that they would hold back from striking before the talks conclude this summer.
That was in large measure because the policies have resulted in fewer students being held back than before, with some improving their test scores after summer school programs, and others winning promotion through an appeals process.
Although the fast-paced narrative compels one to gobble up the story, the mathematician in me wanted to hold back to try to crack the problem before I was told the solution.
