Sentence examples for could keep hold of from inspiring English sources

The genes showed, he had forearms like iron, but not even he could keep hold of his guitar at two in the morning – he was beaten up on more than one occasion, always had the guitar stolen, along with any money he'd earned from his busking.

Jack Collison has curled a speculative shot wide for West Ham, but that followed a spell where neither side could keep hold of the ball.

At half-time, we realised if we could keep hold of it, then there were four tries out there in the second half.

Lennon had admitted at the weekend that a number of scouts have been watching McLean and that he could not predict how long he could keep hold of the midfielder who is also much praised in the media.

He claims his partner warned him that he could go to prison if he kept hold of the patents.

Had he kept hold of it he could have made a small fortune - in the 1990s he was offered £30,000 for the original disc by a group of Americans.

"We showed in the first half that, when we kept hold of the ball, we could score.

"Unfortunately we just couldn't get our rhythm, we couldn't keep hold of the ball" said Altidore of the second-half display.

I could see the players were nervous: we couldn't keep hold of the ball at all and I just told them at half-time to relax and try to pass it better.

I couldn't breathe, but I kept holding on to my faith".

Manchester United kept hold of Rooney, and though no money changed hands, that could still prove to be one of the best overall results of the window.