Example sentences of "[been] hold [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been held scoreless for the first twenty-five minutes of the game but certainly went to town afterwards ! |
| 2 | This same invincible figure has been held responsible for some blunder , or has for some other reason fallen out of favour with his employers , leaves the house where he came to fame and is never heard of again . |
| 3 | Non-use has essentially been considered as a negative response to the catalogue and the library user has been held responsible for his own shortcomings . |
| 4 | Secondly , the deregulation and expansion of financial activity generally , have been held responsible for a sharp fall in velocity since 1981 . |
| 5 | Zhu was reportedly dismissed because of his links with liberal policies , and might have been held responsible for the participation of union members in the pro-democracy protests of May and June . |
| 6 | The Gang , headed by Mao 's wife Jiang Qing , had been held responsible for the excesses of China 's 1966-76 Cultural Revolution . |
| 7 | Aideed 's fighters have been held responsible for killing 23 Pakistani UN peacekeeping troops on June 5 . |
| 8 | Bentley was mentally deficient and many believed he should not have been held responsible for his actions . |
| 9 | The prisoners have been held incommunicado for eighteen years . |
| 10 | After he had been held incommunicado for a month his family were allowed to visit him and found him in good health . |
| 11 | Before lapsing into a coma Suzanne , who had left home after a row with her stepfather , told rescuers she had been held captive for a week . |