Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adv] hold [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is now held in Drapchai prison in Lhasa , according to unofficial Tibetan sources in the capital of the Tibetan autonomous region . |
| 2 | I did n't think it likely that John would be killed — after all , he was n't held by Islamic Jihad — but I felt the tension all the same . |
| 3 | Although his faith in the combined system was not shared during his lifetime by the majority of his fellow teachers in Great Britain , he was nevertheless held in great respect , and the editorship of the journal of the British Association of Teachers of the Deaf — The Teacher of the Deaf — was entrusted to him for many years . |
| 4 | He was originally held in Safi Prison , where he developed diabetes in 1988 , but was then transferred to Marrakech where his family lives , and so could visit him regularly and provide him with the food necessary for his diabetic diet . |
| 5 | Moving with them to north Africa , he was initially held in enforced inactivity behind the lines , a problem which he solved in characteristic style : ‘ The Battle of Alamein began on the 23rd of October , 1942 . |
| 6 | Employees of outside contractors sometimes work on nuclear sites , and information about them is not held on nuclear industry 's employee databases . |