Example sentences of "[pron] were hold [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second round of the ‘ adidas ’ Challenge tournaments , which were held over the Christmas period , gave a strong indication of the interest and popularity that they have with young players throughout the country . |
| 2 | They gave evidence and opinions at the public inquiries and official investigations which were held into specific projects and general policy , the first of which in Britain was the 1977 Windscale event . |
| 3 | The minutes of the last meeting which were held on the thirteenth of May , have been circulated . |
| 4 | The chairman of the Transition to Civilian Rule Committee , Air Vice-Marshal ( retd ) Ibrahim Alfa said that the ban had been lifted to enable people to prepare for the local party congresses which were held on June 16 . |
| 5 | Following separate secret ballots which were held on Friday 2 October 1992 , the GS graded staff voted to reject by a 3–1 majority and this was followed by the AP graded staff recording a 4–1 majority in favour of rejection . |
| 6 | GEORGE Wood , CCG 's manager at Osmosis Bar in Glasgow , competed again for the Scottish shooting team in July in the Home Internationals for Skeet , which were held on the Isle of Man . |
| 7 | The office was linked to , but separate from , that of Chief Huntsman ( Grand Veneur ) , whose staff consisted of Captains and Lieutenants resplendent in green and gold , whose duty it was to organize the Imperial hunts , particularly — during the autumn season — those which were held at Compiègne . |
| 8 | There were good performances by some of A.F.D. 's youngsters in their national road relay championships which were held at Sutton Coldfield . |
| 9 | He therefore agreed to coach the Rutshire Pony Club for the polo championships , the finals of which were held at Cowdray at the end of July . |
| 10 | She could n't afford a car yet , but on the day of the final trials for the Pony Club Championships , which were held at Rutshire Polo Ground , she and Ethel took two buses and walked a mile in pouring rain to lend Perdita support . |
| 11 | What has now come to light , however , from the archives in Washington of Alexander Kirk 's office at AFHQ , are the notes of the conclusions of a " series of conferences " which were held at Eighth Army main HQ on 26–27 May [ KP 269 ] . |
| 12 | It was a privilege for me to be invited to one of the Criterion Evenings which were held at irregular intervals at 24 Russell Square . |
| 13 | For examples of bye-laws which were held to be ultra vires , see Scottish General Transport Co. v. Glasgow Corporation , 1928 S.C . |
| 14 | His decision stated he had made assumptions about the lease which were held to be incorrect , and those errors resulted in the premises being valued on a fundamentally wrong basis . |
| 15 | The finalists were winners of the 12 regional finals Quiz which were held throughout England , Scotland and Wales during March and April . |
| 16 | From the age of eight onwards he was allowed to dine with his parents at the Bonaparte family dinners which took place every Monday at the Tuileries , and occasionally at more formal dinners which were held in the Galerie de Diane . |
| 17 | Less crowded and more sought after than these official Court balls were the Empress 's ‘ Mondays ’ , known as the petits bals du lundi , which were held in the Salon Bleu of her own apartments . |
| 18 | The sales of modern and contemporary art which were held in New York and London last month offered minor material which generally fetched dim prices . |
| 19 | I passed my medical check and after two days Alex , Chris , myself and a dozen others were ordered to report for our Intelligence tests which were held in a metal hut at the back of the compound . |
| 20 | You only retained membership as long as you succeeded on the runs , and in the classroom periods , which were held in a sodden marquee on the hillside . |
| 21 | The neo-classical period of the 1920s and 1930s had as one of its ideals a return to the past , avoiding Romantic expressions ( which were held in contempt ) and taking up mainly the styles of the Baroque era . |
| 22 | Legislative power was exercised by the Supreme Soviet ( Augstaka Padome ) of Latvia , elections to which were held in March-April 1990 [ see p. 37322 ] . |
| 23 | It has proved to be of great popular interest and audiences of more than 200 people have attended the series of lectures on ‘ Studying the Scottish Home ’ , which were held in the Royal Museum of Scotland this winter . |
| 24 | Because of the shortage of money , we only sent two backstrokers to Antwerp in 1920 , and I came third in the trials , which were held in the open air pool at Southport , now a children 's playground . |
| 25 | Meanwhile two people who were held for questioning over the weekend have been released without charge . |
| 26 | The hostages , who were held for 444 days following the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran in September 1979 , were released within minutes of Reagan being sworn in as President on Jan. 21 , 1981 . |
| 27 | Four other men , who were held for questioning , have now been eliminated from police inquiries . |
| 28 | But McCarthy and Waite , who were held by terrorists for five years , refused to co-operate with Granada and accused them of ‘ pure fiction ’ . |
| 29 | Until recently the most serious problem noted by outside observers was the approximately 1,000 former members of the National Guard who were held in Tipitapa and who refused to take part in the five-stage programme of rehabilitation . |
| 30 | In the next four pages we catalogue the winners and losers among the businesspersons , who were held in such high esteem by the occupant of Number 10 . |