Example sentences of "they [was/were] held [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people arrested were taken to separate police stations across Merseyside where they were held for questioning . |
| 2 | If they were held at bay longer than they anticipated and carried into the final day , it only seemed a stay of execution for the West Indies . |
| 3 | Anti-English slanders they were held to be by the genteel Victorian travellers who continued to come to the Pyrenees . |
| 4 | Nevertheless they were held to be in contempt but , the strike having collapsed , no penalty was imposed . |
| 5 | Second-placed Gretna , meanwhile , closed the gap by a point , but they were held to a 1–1 draw by second-bottom Shildon . |
| 6 | Lawrence , a child of Water Orton , a suburban lacuna on the outskirts of Birmingham , spent the dreaded '80s as the leader of Felt , a semi-legendary indie pop outfit whose dearth of sales was inversely matched by the affection and wonky respect in which they were held by the choosier pop consumer . |
| 7 | From about 1563 until his death in 1590 they were held by Charles Fox , although he had to share the Signet with John Dudley ; and in 1590 Fox was succeeded by Fulke Greville , who had already taken over Dudley 's share of the Signet and had acquired reversions to the Clerkship of the Council in 1577 and the Secretaryship in 1583 . |
| 8 | So also , where an impoverished family left their accommodation on receipt of a distress warrant for rent arrears rather than wait for an eviction order , they were held by the House of Lords to have become homeless intentionally and this encouraged local housing authorities to require such orders before accepting such homeless applicants . |
| 9 | In addition there is the letter of Sidonius , a generation earlier , recording the good works of Chilperic I and his wife , and the high regard in which they were held by bishop Patiens . |
| 10 | Obviously investment trusts ' management expenses need to be paid and corporation tax paid , again reducing the value of the shares relative to the underlying assets if they were held by the investor . |
| 11 | As such they were held in hotels , halls , etc . |
| 12 | They were carried on four pairs , of which the two middle ones were fixed , whereas to move sideways in a radial direction when going round a curve , though normally they were held in a straight line with the fixed wheels by a pair of springs in compression . |
| 13 | A preliminary exploration of the issues involved revealed a number of complex legal and practical difficulties which could threaten the effectiveness of future disciplinary procedures if they were held in public , according to Institute secretary and chief executive Andrew Colquhoun . |
| 14 | They were held in police cells until bail was arranged . |
| 15 | They were held in Gypsy Hill , South London . |
| 16 | Although they were held in the shadow of the assassinations of President Ranasinghe Premadasa and an opposition leader , Lalith Athulathmudali , and in sharp contrast to the provincial elections held in 1988 , not a gun was fired . |
| 17 | But since they were held in secret , few knew this . |
| 18 | I did , yes , erm , when erm , we thought our prisoner was finished the co-ordinators wrote to me and said would I be interested , would our group be interested in erm , writing to Yugoslavia 's still , because with the Civil War going on there 's lots of cases coming up , for example there was a whole hospital full of patients that were taken prisoner I do n't know if they were actually physically removed or whether they were held in the hospital without access to medical treatment for something like ten days , and erm , Saria did say she 'd help me last time and I wrote back and said yes , two of us could write once a month , well they 're taken that very liberally and , and , got two or three things from the already and erm , if anyone else is interested in writing an odd letter say once a month to Yugoslavia maybe they could erm , let me know later on . . |
| 19 | because they were women 's work they were held in a |
| 20 | They were held in the canteen . |
| 21 | Nigel explains : ‘ Manager Liam Brady saw a lot of reserve games recently because they were held in midweek . |
| 22 | They were held in the open , before a portable altar , and three bishops were present , in gold and crimson and purple and white , as well as all the churchmen who could contrive to be there , and several thousand people from Fife and Angus and Lennox and Strathearn and even further away . |
| 23 | It was n't acknowledged like that , because , like many ‘ non-disabled people ’ , they were held in check by drugging ; this is how the bronchitis , depression , arthritis and so on were ‘ dealt with ’ . |
| 24 | Objets d'art there were aplenty , but most of them were held in trust for some collection or gallery . |