Example sentences of "held [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized that this was the same place Brian and I had been held in for a week in May 1988 before going to the Pit . |
| 2 | However , it was disappointing that a new international instrument on ‘ disappearances ’ was held over for further study . |
| 3 | Accepting the logic of this situation the matter was held over for further review at a later Department Head meeting . |
| 4 | With no airbrake the glider will float some distance even at low speed , and it must still be held off for a proper touchdown . |
| 5 | As she stared at him , she knew it had come , the moment of physical and emotional confrontation she had held off for so long , and she felt so vulnerable that she could barely breathe . |
| 6 | This daily confronting of the ‘ primitive terror ’ as represented by the sea is held up for our admiration . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't suppose it matters if that 's held up for ten minutes . ’ |
| 8 | Its release had , however , been held up for some time on instructions from C. M. Woolf , a shrewd film salesman who had played a key role in financing the first projects of both Balcon and Wilcox . |
| 9 | The start of trading on the New York and American Stock Exchanges was held up for an hour yesterday after a fire , caused by an electrical fault , broke out in the building housing the exchanges ' computer systems , writes Mary Brasier in New York . |
| 10 | When this happened the traffic was held up for three of four days whilst the track was repaired . |
| 11 | Proper planning was held up for a time until the route of the M4 was decided , as an early outline brought it through Harpsden and over Peppard . |
| 12 | Matty and Chris 's return flight is held up for seven hours . |
| 13 | If you work in a university , polytechnic , college or school anywhere in the world and your work is held up for lack of funding , the Research Fund may be able to help you . |
| 14 | Should the person in charge of the chart see any item that was likely to fall behind , he pinned a flag at this particular point , and if the article was likely to be held up for want of raw material a blue flag was pinned up ; but if this delay was due to one or other of the works departments getting behind with the manufacture , a red flag with a numeral upon it was used , which indicated the shop or department . |
| 15 | Officials from the HSE told MPs that their work on implementing the recommendation of Britain 's advisory committee on asbestos was held up for two years while they worked on the EEC plan . |
| 16 | During this period , wild and woolly concepts of ‘ national grids ’ of leys were published and thick black pencil lines defaced countless maps — naive enthusiasm that is still held up for ridicule by ley sceptics . |
| 17 | They found , however , that this relationship only held up for workers in small-town settings . |
| 18 | All the ships , large and small , which had been held up for days past , had now unfurled their sails and were putting to sea . |
| 19 | Despite a 150-strong police presence , traffic was held up for two hours as the farmers taunted Britons , shouting and waving banners which read ‘ Britain is an island . |
| 20 | There were no serious injuries , but one passenger was cut by flying glass and traffic was held up for over an hour . |
| 21 | Tory MPs protested the measures may be held up for two years because of delays on the Bill to ratify the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 22 | Most wo n't pay up for delays unless your flight is held up for at least 12 hours — 10 with Thomas Cook . |
| 23 | She turned as her maid appeared from the anteroom with two dresses , one gold and one white , which were held up for Jane 's inspection.Jane pointed to the pale gold dress then returned her attention to the mirror . |
| 24 | The arrival of the Italian soldiers was held up for a time while the Italian government bargained for an Italian to command the UN forces ( the commander is , as it happens , a Brazilian ) . |
| 25 | Sanders and Lloyd-Greame would at the least be held up for years by coalition , for there was no room for their promotion . |
| 26 | If these responsibilities be shirked , valuable and important work will either be held up for want of teachers or fall into the hands of those ill qualified to deal with it … |
| 27 | The morning train from Sidney picked up milk from various farms for shipment to Victoria and on at least one occasion it was held up for two hours while cows , that had been turned into the bush the previous night to pick up what nourishment they could were searched for , rounded up , milked and the milk loaded for the trip to town . |
| 28 | Then the subway train was held up for twenty minutes . |
| 29 | The combined heat and power industry was held up for many years because it was in the hands of a state monopoly . |
| 30 | The Sealink ship they attempted to board , the Nord Pas de Calais , was the same ferry which Greenpeace protesters in inflatable craft had held up for several hours during an attempt to stop it docking at Dover a few days earlier . |