Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] hold [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Highfield came back strongly and should have scored in front of the posts but lost possession their hooker was held up on the line , their only reward was a penalty from their captain Terry Dillon . |
| 2 | The festival was held outdoors for the first eighty years , but moved indoors after torrential rain caused the collapse of the stage as the congregation were singing The Heavens are Telling ! |
| 3 | The British troops were powerless to stop last night 's shootings after the convoy was held up near the Bosnian town of Novi Travnik by a crowd of women and children . |
| 4 | The essence of doublethink was to hold absolutely to the given motive but also simultaneously to its contradiction : that is after all what dialectical thinking is all about . |
| 5 | The farm was held originally by the Coldstream Guards ( not the 1st Guards ) and the 3rd Guards ( Scots Guards ) . |
| 6 | Toman 's curling left wing corner was held up in the wind and Borthwick reacted first in a crowded six-yard box to poke the ball home . |
| 7 | Toman 's curling left wing corner was held up in the wind and Borthwick reacted first in a crowded six yard box to poke the ball home . |
| 8 | That country was held fast in the grip of a most oppressive regime and there was never the remotest possibility that anyone could come . |
| 9 | Play was held up as the goalkeeper 's knee was strapped up . |
| 10 | The wedding took place at Newart Hill Church and afterwards , the reception was held nearby in The Newhouse Hotel . |