Example sentences of "[pron] were hold for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile two people who were held for questioning over the weekend have been released without charge . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Four other men , who were held for questioning , have now been eliminated from police inquiries . |
| 4 | After the game we were held for exactly one hour , then herded onto to a train which did n't move for 40 minutes . |
| 5 | The people arrested were taken to separate police stations across Merseyside where they were held for questioning . |