Example sentences of "[vb past] been held for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been held for eleven days . |
| 2 | ‘ He 'd been held for four months . |
| 3 | He was approached by the family of a 14-year-old who had been held for alleged stone-throwing . |
| 4 | On March 11 anti-terrorist forces stormed a house in Istanbul where three hostages had been held for 17 hours by members of the underground Turkish Revolutionary Party ; a police officer and a hostage were killed . |
| 5 | As deputy chief of Sabah 's Institute for Development Studies , whose activities were viewed by the central government as a threat to the integrity of the Malaysian Federation , Ongkili had been held for 59 days under the Internal Security Act on suspicion of carrying out actions prejudicial to national security . |