Example sentences of "[be] hold for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Your branch recently contacted the Parish Council about a sealed item which you are holding for us .
2 Some items I 'd been holding for him .
3 To avoid penalties , such time deposits must be held for their full term .
4 At some stage during his early career he and his mother Joan were granted the manor of Eastington on the Isle of Purbeck , Dorset , by the priory of Christ Church Twynham , to be held for their lifetimes .
5 In the event of the said JACQUELINE MYRTLE MITCHELL dying before the child attains twenty-one years , all of the estate shall devolve upon the said child and be held for him or her in trust , as my executors and their appointees shall devise .
6 Fertility rites were held for her , from which men were excluded , and phallic symbols such as piglets , snakes and pine cones were used to decorate her shrine and thus encourage the generation of seed in the earth .
7 By the end of his testimony , North had become a haircut , a logo for T-shirts , a doll , a cocktail , a hero sandwich ( ’ red-blooded American beef , a little bologna , shredded lettuce , Swiss cheese ’ ) , a hamburger ( ’ secret sauce from an old Iranian recipe ’ ) and a design for boxer shorts ; vigils were held for him , and the hamlet of Ollie , Iowa ( population 230 ) was besieged with fascinated enquiries .
8 ‘ Why , Tracy Castle is held for me , of course . ’
9 That was in keeping with the respect in which she is held for her tireless work , especially on behalf of the world 's children .
10 Amnesty International believes that Suh Kyung-won is held for his peaceful political activities and views on reunification .
11 Since coming to Leeds from Lincoln City for £500 in 1906 , McCleod had scored 117 League goals in more than 200 games by the time a benefit match was held for him in April 1913 .
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