Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] hold for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SAN SALVADOR ( Reuter ) — One of two occupations of embassies in San Salvador ended when human rights activists freed 13 hostages they had held for a day at the Costa Rican Embassy and left . |
| 2 | There had been a bitter dispute in the college ever since a group of young fellows returning after the war had voted many of the old fellows out of the college offices they had held for a long time . |
| 3 | Not only is the seat he has held for the past 15 years , in the Yvelines to the west of Paris , now under serious threat , but so too is the whole political future and his dream of a new social democratic movement . |
| 4 | It turns out that the Heston Club team has lost a title that it had held for the past few years . |
| 5 | William was employed in the Maintenance Department on General Service Duties , a position he had held for the past two years . |