Example sentences of "[noun prp] had been hold [prep] " 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 | For the past fourteen years Lij Yasu had been held by Ras Kassa in comfortable detention at Fiche . |
| 3 | As deputy chief of Sabah 's Institute for Development Studies , whose activities were viewed by the central government as a threat to the integrity of the Malaysian Federation , Ongkili had been held for 59 days under the Internal Security Act on suspicion of carrying out actions prejudicial to national security . |
| 4 | Unlike these cherished Angevin possessions , however , Clairvaux had been held by relatively unimportant vassals and by the 1130s they seem to have become more closely attached to the Viscounts of Châtellerault . |
| 5 | Mr Roberts said Sarbutts had been held by police on a minor offence in October , 1988 , when police were still searching for Mr Galvin 's killer . |
| 6 | Pringle , of Thirlmere Road , Darlington , was shot in the neck by a police marksman on Tuesday after 21-year-old Leanne Rees had been held at gunpoint for 47 hours . |
| 7 | Baquerizo had been held in custody since May and , since Aug. 19 , had been on hunger strike . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . ] . |
| 10 | Chirk had been held by Gloucester and although it is not stated in the grant the king was evidently promoting , or at least sanctioning , an exchange of interests . |
| 11 | Chirk had been held by Gloucester and although it is not stated in the grant the king was evidently promoting , or at least sanctioning , an exchange of interests . |
| 12 | The Walther Devlin had been holding on his knee appeared above the table now and he fired again , shooting Eggar through the right hand . |
| 13 | In Wiltshire , where Bromham had been held of Battle abbey , Baynton profited enormously from the dissolution . |
| 14 | Others still detained at the end of March had been held for almost 10 years . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Astringently if politely , Louisa had been held at bay ; till now , when at the lines : |