Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] hold [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Present from Alan behind the bar , ’ said Sarah , drawing out the glass she had been holding behind the frilly apron the waitresses at the Right and Wrong had to wear . |
| 2 | reported that a meeting had been held on the previous evening . |
| 3 | A cheese and wine party had been held for the voluntary emergency wardens , whose services will be required in the event of prolonged power cuts or other major crises . |
| 4 | Colonel Lin Foh had no idea of the contempt with which he , and his fallen Government , had been held by the British Government itself . |
| 5 | The Social Secretary outlined the events which had been held in the past year , all of them well attended . |
| 6 | They had been held in the Military Prison outside Kuwait City , some for over a month , reportedly in deplorable conditions . |