Example sentences of "[det] be hold [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is held over the blocked plug hole and worked up and down several times to force water down the waste pipe . |
| 2 | This was held at The Community College , Bishop 's Castle at 7.30 p.m. on Friday , 3 November 1989 and was attended by 33 members . |
| 3 | This was held by the female clerk as one would hold out a photographic negative , saying , ‘ That number will put you in touch with the one you require . ’ |
| 4 | These are held to the wall with a screw and wall plug , and are then covered with mortar so that they do n't show . |
| 5 | Five of these are held in the US and five in Europe , including Plymouth , where a Scottish team could get its first taste of the big time if sponsorship was forthcoming . |
| 6 | This is not wholly satisfactory , as often the terms of the second mortgage are not sufficiently clear for the husband to enforce them ; it necessitates a separate form of receipt on redemption ; and it leaves the husband effectively without any title documents ( as these are held by the first mortgagee ) although he can of course have marked abstracts . |
| 7 | These were held on the road outside the inn and the distances were : one mile , a half and a quarter of a mile . |
| 8 | Co-incidentally these were held at the Birmingham Indoor Arena , the set of the TV programme ‘ The Gladiators ’ . |
| 9 | A large collection of these is held in the files of the Oxford English Dictionary Department at 37a St. Giles ' . |
| 10 | On a number of occasions , I have been glad to set out for the hon. Member in response to his questions in the House detailed information about the contents of the computer records and how many are held on the system at any one time . |