But he held back Greece's economic and political growth.

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But he held back his beaver pelts.

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Gleeson should have pulled one back, but he was held just short of the line, but two minutes later Arnold completed his hat-trick finishing off good work by Darren Turner and Dekkiche to score.

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He held back when he was offstage, but then when that spotlight hit him onstage, he was a whole different person.

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But his effort was disallowed by the TMO after it was adjudged that he held back Dragons wing Gareth Wyatt while chasing the kick ahead.

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Mr Jarrett told the court he and Mr Weavers ended up on the floor of his hallway as the defendant held the baton across his throat, but he managed to force him back out of the front door.

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The Clandeboye man birdied 12 only to bogey 14 but he got back in the top 30 by picking up a shot on 15 and held his nerve to par the final three holes.

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In the script, he was a guy from the country who came to the city to make it as a musician but was held back by the trickery of a record-company owner.

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