Example sentences of "[pron] had [be] hold for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early in June 1689 Edinburgh Castle , which had been held for James , surrendered , but Blair Castle , at Blair Atholl in Perthshire , eight miles [ 13 km ] north-west of Pitlochry , had now declared for the Jacobite cause . |
| 2 | This script began with Aunt Lilian 's release from the shabby asylum in which she had been held for decades . |
| 3 | He was approached by the family of a 14-year-old who had been held for alleged stone-throwing . |
| 4 | US military officials said that only about 130 people remained in detention out of a total of 5,300 Panamanians who had been held for questioning since the invasion . |
| 5 | We had been held for three and a half years and we still had no idea when we might be released . |
| 6 | But whereas they had been held for just a few years by his grandfather and father , they were in royal hands for thirty-one of the last forty years of Edward III 's reign , from 1337 to 1360 and then from 1369 onwards to the end of the century . |
| 7 | The justice ministry said yesterday , however , that because they had been held for more than two years without trial , they were released . |
| 8 | As the door closed , Zen let out a breath he realized he had been holding for a long time . |