Example sentences of "[noun] he hold for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This was very well attended and a committee , with himself as chairman ( a post he held for the next thirty-six years ) , was elected and set to work . |
| 2 | After leaving the Conservatoire he became organist at Sainte-Trinité in Paris , a post he held for over 40 years . |
| 3 | In 1935 he became literary editor of the Listener , a post he held for twenty-four years . |
| 4 | After six months ' trial the commissioners appointed Mitchell general inspector and superintendent of the Highland roads and bridges , a post he held for almost forty years . |
| 5 | After 40 years ' service with the Wedgwood Group , Sir Arthur retired in 1986 as chairman and managing director , a post he held for nearly 20 years . |
| 6 | Stanley Woods won the Isle of Man TT ten times , a record he held for over 30 years . |
| 7 | A real threat existed , because she responded to him physically , a threat to so much that she valued as part of her individual identity , autonomy , independence , pride , all of which would be lost if ever the weakness he created in her led to her succumbing to the dark attraction he held for her . |
| 8 | But as he stood there a few seconds more , holding her eyes relentlessly , Maria was assailed by a sense of what her fate would be like if ever she was weak enough to succumb to the dark , dangerous attraction he held for her . |
| 9 | Under cross-examination he denied his evidence was tainted by any bitterness he held for British soldiers because he had been jailed in 1968 for five years in Manchester for assault . |
| 10 | General Charles de Gaulle was elected President of France , in 1958 , a position he held for eleven years . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He became honorary lecturer in microscopy at King 's College , London , in 1909 , a position he held for sixteen years . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | This was produced in Baskerville 's capacity as printer to Cambridge University , an office he held for ten years . |