Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] held in " in BNC.
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| 1 | To soften the blow I said it was only because I was held in such high esteem in the football world that I had to get rid of any player or , as in his case , friend , who showed any sign of being a no-hoper . |
| 2 | But it 's not a simple process , the ewes can reject the lambs , so she 's held in this restraint while the lamb is introduced , giving it a chance to suckle and allowing the mother to get used to it . |
| 3 | Recent information from the Amnesty International Medical Group indicates that she is held in almost complete isolation and that her health is now at risk . |
| 4 | They would not let her speak at table and made her wear a white canvas apron and a short gown ‘ so that she should be held a fool ’ ; but , said Margery with unholy self-satisfaction , ‘ she was held in more worship than they were , wherever they went ’ . |
| 5 | Wherever she went she was held in high esteem . |
| 6 | Piaget 's work also exhibits a parallel with Marx 's concept of praxis , in his insistence that all development is derived form practical interaction with the material world , in which we live , and with which we are held in tension . |
| 7 | We were held in total secrecy , without any contact at all with the outside world and without ever having been charged or tried . |
| 8 | ‘ The Mowbrays are in no danger — of the old nobility , they are held in reverence throughout the land . ’ |
| 9 | Or they are held in the arms and quietly soothed — of course they 're sad to be going . |
| 10 | If they are held in overcrowded conditions , unfit for a dog to live in , and have no meaningful occupation — I do not mean soulless , non-productive work — they have no alternative but to fall into mischief and cause trouble . |
| 11 | Those two aspects mean that a small number of people can be members and they are held in some esteem . |
| 12 | As such they were held in hotels , halls , etc . |
| 13 | They were carried on four pairs , of which the two middle ones were fixed , whereas to move sideways in a radial direction when going round a curve , though normally they were held in a straight line with the fixed wheels by a pair of springs in compression . |
| 14 | A preliminary exploration of the issues involved revealed a number of complex legal and practical difficulties which could threaten the effectiveness of future disciplinary procedures if they were held in public , according to Institute secretary and chief executive Andrew Colquhoun . |
| 15 | They were held in police cells until bail was arranged . |
| 16 | They were held in Gypsy Hill , South London . |
| 17 | Although they were held in the shadow of the assassinations of President Ranasinghe Premadasa and an opposition leader , Lalith Athulathmudali , and in sharp contrast to the provincial elections held in 1988 , not a gun was fired . |
| 18 | But since they were held in secret , few knew this . |
| 19 | I did , yes , erm , when erm , we thought our prisoner was finished the co-ordinators wrote to me and said would I be interested , would our group be interested in erm , writing to Yugoslavia 's still , because with the Civil War going on there 's lots of cases coming up , for example there was a whole hospital full of patients that were taken prisoner I do n't know if they were actually physically removed or whether they were held in the hospital without access to medical treatment for something like ten days , and erm , Saria did say she 'd help me last time and I wrote back and said yes , two of us could write once a month , well they 're taken that very liberally and , and , got two or three things from the already and erm , if anyone else is interested in writing an odd letter say once a month to Yugoslavia maybe they could erm , let me know later on . . |
| 20 | because they were women 's work they were held in a |
| 21 | They were held in the canteen . |
| 22 | Nigel explains : ‘ Manager Liam Brady saw a lot of reserve games recently because they were held in midweek . |
| 23 | They were held in the open , before a portable altar , and three bishops were present , in gold and crimson and purple and white , as well as all the churchmen who could contrive to be there , and several thousand people from Fife and Angus and Lennox and Strathearn and even further away . |
| 24 | It was n't acknowledged like that , because , like many ‘ non-disabled people ’ , they were held in check by drugging ; this is how the bronchitis , depression , arthritis and so on were ‘ dealt with ’ . |
| 25 | His campaign has led to him being held in two jails , Strangeways and Pentonville , and at least £2,000 in fines for public order offences which he stubbornly refuses to pay . |
| 26 | Objets d'art there were aplenty , but most of them were held in trust for some collection or gallery . |
| 27 | The conference and the exhibition that went with it were held in Geneva in 1958 . |
| 28 | I 'll get Annunziata to keep something hot in the kitchen and then if you 'd rather not be bothered with us tonight , you can have it there — or in bed , if that would be better , ’ said Julia , her heart feeling as though it were held in a tightening vice as she saw his misery . |
| 29 | Demonstrations against it were held in Prague in late September . |
| 30 | It plays world and indie music , it has face-painters and babies , and , if you 're interested , it 's held in the Town Hall in Shoreditch on Saturday nights . |