Example sentences of "position [pron] hold for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Margaret began working as a Beamer in the Winding Department in January 1958 , a position she held for 26 years before becoming a clerkess responsible for recording production statistics . |
| 2 | General Charles de Gaulle was elected President of France , in 1958 , a position he held for eleven years . |
| 3 | Johnny was immediately made captain , a position he held for nearly five years , and scored on his debut , but even Johnny 's seven goals from the 12 remaining games could not keep us out of the new basement division . |
| 4 | When the Gamble & Crosfields partnership was dissolved in 1845 , Shanks became a partner in the new firm , Crosfield Bros. & Co. , a position he held for the rest of his life . |
| 5 | He became honorary lecturer in microscopy at King 's College , London , in 1909 , a position he held for sixteen years . |
| 6 | In 1889 he was elected as first county councillor for Dursley , a position he held for thirty years and which was followed by nine years as county alderman . |