Example sentences of "of [pron] held the " in BNC.
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1 | Under arrest on suspicion since October 1990 , the two , both of whom held the rank of general under Communist rule , did not plead guilty when indicted in the Warsaw provincial court on Feb. 11 . |
2 | While pursuing his family tree he found two Tyacks amongst those who held land in the Cornish manor of Binnerton , one of whom held the office of manorial reeve . |
3 | Some of them held the Koran over the Shah head , to give him its customary protection on his journey , and wailed as the royal party left by helicopter for the airport . |
4 | The first gerrymander of the city occurred in 1896 , with the Londonderry improvement Bill ; this created five electoral wards , one of which held the bulk of the city 's Catholics , and enabled the Unionists to have a majority in the others . |
5 | Except for the matter of who held the weapons , there seemed little distinction between gang members and the scarred , tattooed troopers clad in olive-drab hive tunics hung with amulets . |
6 | None of it held the magic of her communication with Friend ; even here , jacked into the shadows , she ached for him but reason told her she would n't find him , long before she stopped looking . |