Example sentences of "[be] hold [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 4 ) The purpose of the preliminary decision on the question of whether or not a hearing is to be held is to prevent the licence-holder from being harassed by frivolous or vexatious complaints . |
| 2 | The jails where the demonstrators were held were deluged with letters and Christmas food parcels . |
| 3 | The measure of the esteem in which he is held is shown by three forthcoming exhibitions devoted to his contribution : ‘ L'Oeil du Connaisseur : hommage à Philip Pouncey ’ at the Louvre , 19 June-7 September ; another at the Uffizi later this year ( dates unavailable ) , and the third at the British Museum in January 1994 . |
| 4 | The high esteem in which he was held was shown at his funeral where a tribute to his great accomplishments for deaf education in Leeds was paid by the Director of Education for the district . |
| 5 | The barn where it was held was owned by a local farmer , John Ellis , and if Kate knew anything about it , he had known exactly what was going on . |