Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [be] hold in " in BNC.

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1 A joint communiqué issued on May 19 said that the talks between Jiang and Gorbachev had been held in a " friendly , frank and businesslike atmosphere " and had covered " the whole range of Soviet-Chinese relations " .
2 Baquerizo had been held in custody since May and , since Aug. 19 , had been on hunger strike .
3 Frederick Montague gave evidence to the Commissioners that no Court of Attachment or Swanimote had been held in Salcey Forest since he became Ranger , ‘ and I doubt whether such Courts have been held ever since the Rangership has been in my Family , which is about 120 years ’ .
4 It was the first time that the USA had officially sponsored negotiations between the two sides , although talks mediated by former US President Jimmy Carter had been held in September and November 1989 [ see pp. 36886-87 ; 37034-35 . ] .
5 The UP accused the government of responsibility for the murder ; until December Gutiérrez had been held in a top-security prison in Bogotá , but he was then transferred to Medellín and released for Christmas to join his family .
6 But the continuing confusion of the hostage situation , in Beirut and the Lebanon , was underlined by the claims of former hostage , David Jacobsen today , that Frank Reed had been held in a neighbouring cell and had tried to escape .
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