Sentence examples for left on hold from inspiring English sources

If the phone rings for a long time, or you're left on hold for ages, then the firm may be one to avoid.

Interest rates are thought likely to be left on hold at their historic low of 0.5%.

What percentage of people who are left on hold on the telephone end up in a roadside ditch?

"The latest economic data have shifted the balance of risks in favour of rates being left on hold," James said.

I was left on hold for about 15 ­minutes and, when I finally got through, the call came to nothing.

With the 23 June referendum clouding the economic outlook, all nine of the Bank's interest rate setting committee agreed borrowing costs should be left on hold.

The skin of the pear can be left on, as it holds more dietary fiber than the actual fruit.

Collingwood, by contrast, took a lip-smacking catch at backward point, diving sharply to his left to hold on to a full-blooded cut from AB De Villiers.

Only 11 minutes left to hold on now.

I remember in the middle of it all, this feeling of having nothing left to hold on to.

There's not much left to hold on to, then, in the phrase "50,000 paedophiles".