Example sentences of "why [pron] be be hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | After two months in prison , I heard the first news about why I was being held as a political prisoner . |
| 2 | We stayed there for ten and a half years until 15 September 1991 , without ever having any explanation as to why we were being held . |
| 3 | Only if they told us why we were being held , would we co-operate . |
| 4 | About fifty people due on the flight today were stopped at Baghdad airport by Iraqi authorities , it 's not clear why they 're being held . |
| 5 | Recently 55 more trade unionists have been arrested , yet those who were detained immediately after the 30 June coup have been neither interrogated , charged nor given an explanation of the reason why they are being held . |
| 6 | And in July 1986 , 28 women were teargassed in their communal cell in Pollsmoor when they demanded to know why they were being held . |
| 7 | Cos they asked these questions about why it was being held and everything . |
| 8 | All we wanted was proof that John was alive and to know why he was being held , but government policy was so rigid that there could be no contact , no discussions . |