Example sentences of "n't be held " in BNC.
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| 1 | He only had one tiny conviction for shoplifting so far , and felt sure that would n't be held against him . |
| 2 | Francis said : ‘ I could n't be held responsible for the weather . |
| 3 | But he said : ‘ Managers ca n't be held responsible for what players do on the pitch . |
| 4 | It does n't bind you , and it ca n't be held against you . |
| 5 | I wo n't be held by a promise that was unfairly extracted from me before I legally became an adult . |
| 6 | ‘ You ca n't be held responsible for your distaste for politics , I suppose . ’ |
| 7 | Most booking conditions are hedged with all sorts of exclusions about why a tour operator ca n't be held liable when things go wrong . |
| 8 | It had been very different for her but he could n't be held responsible for her folly . |
| 9 | They charge you an extra quid for booking with a credit card , and say they ca n't be held responsible if the postman wobs the ticket in transit . |
| 10 | I wo n't be held hostage to your quarrel with Jeff . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ But I ca n't be held responsible for — ’ she tried to argue — and got shot down in flames for her trouble . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm giving you one final warning , Adam — if you touch me I wo n't be held responsible for my actions ! ’ |
| 13 | Rory cried , feeling the weight of guilt settle on her shoulders like a suffocating cloak , even though she knew in her heart she could n't be held to blame for this tragedy . |
| 14 | Gallagher was found guilty of careless driving , but his insurers , the Norwich Union , insist he ca n't be held liable for what happened . |
| 15 | He nevertheless ended the year ranked ninth in the world , with 17.43 metres , and can prepare for the Olympics safe in the knowledge that his event wo n't be held on a Sunday in Barcelona . |
| 16 | There is nothing more annoying than a computer system that works beautifully , say , in a library , and then one goes in at nine thirty in the morning and you ca n't get books out because the power has gone off , and if we are sure to go on having a society with industrial disputes , we want a system that is not capable of being completely ruined by one small section of workers deciding not to work on a particular day , and so I think while we 're putting them in , while we want to put them in in a way which that is compatible , we also need to think of having a kind of fail-safe system , particularly in the sort of more serious applications such as medicine and transport and so on , whereby we ca n't be held to ransom by very a small group of people , or indeed by just some technical fault , such as a power failure or something of this kind . |