Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] been hold for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some items I 'd been holding for him . |
| 2 | This script began with Aunt Lilian 's release from the shabby asylum in which she had been held for decades . |
| 3 | We had been held for three and a half years and we still had no idea when we might be released . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The justice ministry said yesterday , however , that because they had been held for more than two years without trial , they were released . |
| 6 | ‘ He 'd been held for four months . |
| 7 | He 'd been held for eleven days . |
| 8 | As the door closed , Zen let out a breath he realized he had been holding for a long time . |