Example sentences of "held down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may be held down with scotch tape . |
| 2 | She was held down on the bed whilst a variety of sexual acts were performed on her . |
| 3 | For example , persons should be held in such a way as to avoid any interference with breathing or blood circulation , or contact with sexual areas ; if possible they should be held down on soft surfaces such as a bed , chair etc . |
| 4 | Leaving bridle line ‘ C ’ slack , pull on the connector ring ( sometimes a snap and swivel is fitted instead ) so that lines ‘ A ’ and ‘ B ’ are taut and the ring is held down at the level of the rear cross-spar . |
| 5 | Gooch , though , England 's loyal and reliable banker , went for his second modest score of the match , a choker of a dismissal in that he was held down at second slip at 3.43pm , three minutes into interval time . |
| 6 | ‘ And the mortgagee having sworn he paid and expended above £120 in defending his mortgage at law , although he had but £60 costs allowed him there … shall not be held down to the taxation at law , but shall against the account be allowed all he laid out , or expended . |
| 7 | Robert Crehan claims he was held down as the body building star repeatedly kicked him . |
| 8 | It was an estate , the hatch door being held down by gravity . |
| 9 | A wreath of artificial poppies has been held down by a brick . |
| 10 | She shrieked when he went near her with the scissors , and had to be held down by the nurse so that he could take off about twelve inches of her golden curls . |
| 11 | Sandpaper on the floor of a hole with transparent cellophane on top , substituting for water , is an alternative , with the cellophane held down by pegs or small stones . |
| 12 | Greeks found these attitudes hard to understand ; accustomed to connect one-man rule with harsh policing , they imagined that the Persian Empire must have been held down by a system of institutionalized controls — garrisons and garrison-commanders — and touring royal armies and officials , King 's Eyes and King 's Ears , and so on ( Xen . |
| 13 | Yet they always seem held down by their sheer ordinariness . |
| 14 | ‘ Can you bear to be held down by the bonds of marriage ? |
| 15 | Yet they always seem held down by their sheer ordinariness . |
| 16 | When you 're beating it does n't matter because the boom is held down by the mainsheet . |
| 17 | But the odds were weighted against reason , and other parts of the mind , like some Resistance movement long held down in an oppressed country , came out into the open . |
| 18 | In 1629 , the intense anxiety and frustration of the MPs erupted into violence , as the Speaker of the Commons was held down in his chair while the House forced through motions condemning the religious innovations . |