Example sentences of "[was/were] [be] held [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In early April two young farm labourers , Valdecir Ferreira and Altair Gomes , narrowly escaped death when a mob 1,500-strong stormed and set fire to the prison where they were being held for the gory knife murder of a taxi-driver , in the state of Parana . |
| 2 | In many ports , joint meetings of shipowners and men were being held for the discussion of grievances . |
| 3 | Alan actually began with Palace as an amateur , after travelling across London upon hearing that trials were being held at Selhurst Park , and he made his debut as a 17-year-old in March 1962 . |
| 4 | It is believed both men were being held at the high-security Paddington Green police station last night . |
| 5 | However , UI chief Peter Cunningham , speaking from the dais , alluded to discussions that were being held at the highest levels and suggested that they were very close to some sort of agreement . |
| 6 | Once he heard you 'd been arrested it was just a matter of finding out which police station you were being held at , ’ Hall said . |
| 7 | They were being held at the local police station . |
| 8 | The Bendix started at New York , as the races were being held at Los Angeles . |
| 9 | Three men and two women , arrested in raids in Kingston upon Thames and Chessington in south-west London , were being held at police stations in southeast London , Scotland Yard said . |
| 10 | It is understood that the three youths being questioned were being held at separate police stations in Liverpool . |
| 11 | The announcement yesterday said 11 people , mostly with criminal records , were being held on charges of arson , looting and violence . |
| 12 | He confirmed that 628 Iraqis , including high-ranking officers , who were being held on charges of torture and murder would face trial " in a normal court under martial law " . |
| 13 | Substantial damage was done to a ferry boat by 167 Moroccans in Algeciras overnight on April 27-28 ; they were being held on it prior to their repatriation for having failed to meet existing immigration requirements . |
| 14 | The consultations will focus on the economic and diplomatic issues surrounding the plant , although officials also made clear that these issues are " not relevant " to the government 's final decision , saying that the consultations were being held as a matter of " good governance " because of the great public interest in the plant 's future . |
| 15 | An inquiry into the killing of over 50 striking workers in Gdansk in December 1970 led in December 1990 to the arrest of three generals and five colonels , and in the same month it was announced that investigations were being held into the introduction of martial law in 1981 . |
| 16 | An army spokesman pointed out to journalists that the men were being held under anti-terrorist legislation and added that they had already been interrogated and had been ‘ singing like birds ’ , a phrase from the criminal underworld implying that they had confessed to crimes . |
| 17 | By June 6 about 300 such detainees were being held under light security in Addis Ababa , and the interim government had stated that they were to be tried in the presence of international observers . |
| 18 | The report said that at least 50 people were being held without charge in " preventive " detention , and further stated that many hundreds of people were being held without proper trial , among them at least 90 political prisoners who were tried by special courts , over half of whom had been sentenced to death . |
| 19 | The report said that at least 50 people were being held without charge in " preventive " detention , and further stated that many hundreds of people were being held without proper trial , among them at least 90 political prisoners who were tried by special courts , over half of whom had been sentenced to death . |
| 20 | By the end of November over 5,000 people were estimated to have left Haiti , of whom some 3,500 were being held aboard United States vessels or at US bases , and over 1,000 were being cared for by the Cuban authorities . |
| 21 | The hostages were being held by Extraditables as bargaining counters to force further concessions from the government , which was anxious to end drug-related violence in Colombia . |
| 22 | There was also concern for a British journalist , Maggie O'Kane of the Guardian , and for a BBC cameraman , Brian Hulls , who were being held by Serbs after covering the airlift . |
| 23 | By February 1922 trade-union lotteries were being held in forty-eight gubernii . |
| 24 | Concerts were being held in the building . |
| 25 | Especially when American hostages were being held in Teheran . |
| 26 | Urgent EC meetings were being held in Washington and New York last night to assess Europe 's future . |
| 27 | In signing off one night , at the end of the news , there was time to mention one or two events that were being held in the region . |
| 28 | The funerals of James Kelly and James McKenna were being held in Maghera with Requiem Mass at St Patrick 's Church , Glen . |
| 29 | It estimated that more 6,000 political prisoners were being held in Turkish prisons . |
| 30 | Responding to Senegalese assertions in May 1990 that Mauritania was blocking efforts by the Organization for African Unity ( OAU ) and Egypt to find a solution to the border dispute between the two countries , the Mauritanian government claimed that 300,000 Mauritanians were being held in Senegal against their will . |