Example sentences of "held [prep] a [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her 33-year-old caterer husband is being held in a Baghdad jail along with fellow Briton Michael Wainwright , 42 , of Sowerby Bridge , West Yorkshire . |
| 2 | The genuine popularity of the Prince , his self-evident concern and compassion , and events like his fortieth birthday party ( held in a Birmingham tram shed ) are drawing on new sources of support for the institution of monarchy beyond the recesses of middle-class dreaming . |
| 3 | Mr Anthony Hamnett , 48 , a trainee solicitor at the time with Nabarro Nathanson , admitted eating the penis under pressure from secretaries during the lunch held in a Chelsea restaurant just before Christmas 1990 . |
| 4 | King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV finally acknowledged in an interview with New Zealand television in March , in which he claimed that Pohive and other dissidents were Marxists who wished to overthrow the royal style of government , that the money was being held in a United States bank so that the government would not spend it . |
| 5 | A second round National Assembly by-election held in a Budapest constituency on April 14 was won by the candidate of the Hungarian Socialist Party , the renamed former ruling communist party . |
| 6 | Following his arrest Enrile was held in a Manila prison without bail pending a preliminary court hearing in early March , and troops were placed on alert throughout the capital to guard against the possibility of retaliatory action by Enrile 's supporters . |
| 7 | He 'd discovered that her friends were alive , and being held in a Gestapo jail near the Pont du Sevres . |
| 8 | Synergia also enables information held in a Macintosh to be transmitted via the Ibertex Spanish viewdata system . |
| 9 | Martin Richmond , who 's from Stoke Orchard in Gloucestershire , has been held in a Katmandu jail since the beginning of December . |
| 10 | The first , ‘ Introduction to Effective Management ’ was held over a Friday/Saturday in a hotel . |
| 11 | The race is held on a Sunday , but people travel to the village on the Saturday or even the Friday . |
| 12 | For example , if Linford Christie were a man of such deep religious beliefs that he would not compete on a Sunday and subsequently found out that a qualifying round of the 100m was to be held on a Sunday , he would have to think long and hard before deciding to run the 400m . |
| 13 | Someone was taking a frightful chance I felt ; these games were always held on a Sunday and the English community in Baghdad came out to the camp as several matches were played in the afternoon . |
| 14 | He nevertheless ended the year ranked ninth in the world , with 17.43 metres , and can prepare for the Olympics safe in the knowledge that his event wo n't be held on a Sunday in Barcelona . |
| 15 | Meetings are held on a Wednesday evening in Ewell . |
| 16 | Coleby said : ‘ The course has been approved by police and the race will probably be held on a Wednesday evening in August . ’ |
| 17 | Whilst the venue on this occasion was central and it was not the first time the A.G.M. had been held on a Friday evening , the Committee appreciates that perhaps the idea of holding the Meeting on the evening before the Dinner Dance to enable those travelling to London to attend both events was not a good one . |
| 18 | However it just so happens the last time an election was n't on a Thursday was in er I think it was nineteen thirty one when it was held on a Tuesday . |
| 19 | During my first year at the Boys ' School in 1922 , Bonfire Night was held on a Saturday ; November 5th falling on a Sunday that year . |
| 20 | Details of the summer bonanza meeting , on a par with most of the top venues in the United Kingdom , were outlined at a House of Sport Press Conference today where it was revealed that for the first time the meeting will be held on a Saturday night ( 6pm start ) . |
| 21 | This will be part of an informal open tasting evening held at a Sainsbury 's store where visitors will be able to taste a range of wines . |
| 22 | He was being held at a Liverpool police station overnight and will be driven south today for questioning in London . |
| 23 | A few surprise upsets occurred during the Midland Bank/LTA Trust British Students Tennis Championships , held at a Bristol University at the end of June . |
| 24 | 1991 : Recordable CD ( CD-R ) becomes a reality , with demonstrations of a Denon -manufactured system at a September hi-fi show held at a Heathrow hotel pulling huge crowds ; the time when punters can make their own CD compilations looms ever nearer . |
| 25 | This is Anne Loye receiving the First Prize in a Fitness competition held at a Butlin 's Holiday Camp . |
| 26 | The post , held by Conable since July 1986 [ see p. 34904 ] , was traditionally held by a US national . |