Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elizabeth Francis has now moved to St. Anne 's where she holds the Evans Pritchard Junior Research Fellowship in the Social Anthropology of Africa . |
| 2 | Liddell was Maxwell 's official mouthpiece on matters concerning the Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail , where she held directorships . |
| 3 | Wyn devised a laborious system of communication where she held up letters and Norman would nod for ‘ yes ’ and shake his head for ‘ no ’ . |
| 4 | Hard fingers were gripping her hand where she held the Campari , levering the bottle upright . |
| 5 | I dropped the axe , wiped my temples and joined her where she held the incandescent bung away from her skin . |
| 6 | We found ( Appendix II , section 5 ) that on one London estate where we held group discussions several people lived at addresses which they said had been blacklisted in this way , because of bad payers who had lived there before them ; as a consequence , they felt they were being made to suffer from the bad reputation of the previous tenants . |
| 7 | The shabby room above the tobacconist 's shop where we held our ward meetings became home to me and , in a queer way , made me feel whole and integrated again so that I began to look back on the activities I had taken part in with Sophie as some kind of mental aberration . |
| 8 | Much interest was shown in Medau at a recent ‘ Come and Try It ’ day at Nede House , East Grinstead where we held our own alongside aerobic sessions , soroptomists demonstrations , ballet . |
| 9 | Most people who have been seasoned by these violent irruptions stay indoors , where they hold typhoon parties , or watch the progress of the storm on the television . |
| 10 | They were all walking along the lane that led to Ferngrove Park , where they held their Pack Meetings . |
| 11 | Instead they fought the corner for multi-racial sport by taking themselves off to Zwide , a township near Port Elizabeth ( see pages 38 and 39 ) , where they held a coaching clinic for black and coloured youngsters . |
| 12 | Richard and a few followers escaped downstream to Geoffrey de Rancon 's castle at Taillebourg while the bulk of his troops were driven back into the cathedral , where they held out for a few days . |
| 13 | Later in the day , the saboteurs organised a march from Bicester Town Centre to the stables , where they held a service dedicated to the lack of civilisation in Western Society . |
| 14 | The 53-year-old leader was shown standing with a reporter in a large hall next to his home , where he holds public meetings . |
| 15 | Blake Morrison will be literary editor ; he also leaves the Observer , where he held the same position . |
| 16 | The second class of locative , or local names , are , as hinted in the last sentence , based on place names — such as where a man lived , where he held land , or where he hailed from . |
| 17 | The policy had aroused the hostility of the earl of Warwick , himself a landowner in the south march , where he held Glamorgan and Abergavenny in his wife 's right . |
| 18 | It gave him a role in parts of the north where he held no land of his own . |
| 19 | Ralph lord Greystoke was a member of the ducal council and probably contributed to the extension of ducal influence across the Derwent into the Wolds , where he held land and where the ducal associate Ralph Bigod had Greystoke connections . |
| 20 | From 1890 until his death he practised as a solicitor in Uckfield , East Sussex , where he held several public appointments , and established his own law firm in partnership with Ernest Hart in 1905 . |
| 21 | A chemical engineer , his career with BP started in 1969 at Kent refinery where he held numerous technical and operational posts before its closure in 1982 . |
| 22 | But his arms reached to enfold her , drawing her against his chest , where he held her closely for several long moments . |
| 23 | Baker went to St Petersburg on Sept. 13 , where he held talks with mayor Anatoly Sobchak . |
| 24 | Rabbani visited Iran on Sept. 27-29 , where he held talks with President Hashemi Rafsanjani . |
| 25 | his face looked at his navel where he held |
| 26 | Membership of Rotary was always a delight to Tom , as was membership of his Masonic Lodge where he held top offices in both organisations . |
| 27 | The policy had aroused the hostility of the earl of Warwick , himself a landowner in the south march , where he held Glamorgan and Abergavenny in his wife 's right . |
| 28 | It gave him a role in parts of the north where he held no land of his own . |
| 29 | Ralph lord Greystoke was a member of the ducal council and probably contributed to the extension of ducal influence across the Derwent into the Wolds , where he held land and where the ducal associate Ralph Bigod had Greystoke connections . |
| 30 | He also realised that this was a situation far beyond his metier and summoned the duty staff officer , who arrived resplendent in full ceremonials , pantaloons , highly polished knee-length riding boots , and regulation yellow walking stick , and visited Shaw in his billet and confronted him in a corner , where he held court . |