He couldn't be expected to hold their hands like children.

But you can't expect me to hold your hand the whole time.

I was expected to hold the ball up and bring the rest of the team into play.

And the market is expect to hold its own again this year.

"How can anyone, any of us, be expected to hold when we will not know there is hope?"

"They did not expect us to hold the ball at all."

The unemployment rate is expected to hold at 4.6 percent.

The unemployment rate is expected to hold even at 4.5 percent.

For that matter, how do they expect to hold the planet?

He could have expected to hold his seat for a quarter of a century or more.