Example sentences of "[was/were] be hold [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In early April two young farm labourers , Valdecir Ferreira and Altair Gomes , narrowly escaped death when a mob 1,500-strong stormed and set fire to the prison where they were being held for the gory knife murder of a taxi-driver , in the state of Parana . |
| 2 | In many ports , joint meetings of shipowners and men were being held for the discussion of grievances . |
| 3 | It is believed both men were being held at the high-security Paddington Green police station last night . |
| 4 | However , UI chief Peter Cunningham , speaking from the dais , alluded to discussions that were being held at the highest levels and suggested that they were very close to some sort of agreement . |
| 5 | They were being held at the local police station . |
| 6 | An inquiry into the killing of over 50 striking workers in Gdansk in December 1970 led in December 1990 to the arrest of three generals and five colonels , and in the same month it was announced that investigations were being held into the introduction of martial law in 1981 . |
| 7 | Concerts were being held in the building . |
| 8 | In signing off one night , at the end of the news , there was time to mention one or two events that were being held in the region . |
| 9 | According to reports , Bozize was being held at the Roux camp , the Army headquarters in Bangui — also the place of detention of the deposed emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa . |
| 10 | The dinner was being held on the racecourse , in the grandstand with its almost limitless capacity , and the whole affair , Mackie had told me , was frankly only a giant advertisement , but everyone might as well enjoy it . |
| 11 | Evaristo Porras Ardila , linked to the powerful Medellin cocaine cartel , was being held in the south-western city of Pasto after being deported from Ecuador on Sunday night . |
| 12 | The two of them were bound for Templeton 's Christmas dance which was being held in the St Andrew 's Halls . |
| 13 | We had some nasty moments : the first was a week after his accident when the local show was being held in the field behind his stable . |
| 14 | At Cambrai in 1076 a Cathar who had been judged heretical but not sentenced was being held in the local jail . |
| 15 | About a week after this sanctions bombshell , the ‘ Friends of Spain' organisation announced that a Public Meeting was being held in the city 's St. Andrew 's Hall , at this time the largest venue in Glasgow . |
| 16 | The marriage was being held in the wide courtyard of the house . |
| 17 | The reception was being held in the main hall of the Residency . |
| 18 | The meeting was being held in the dining-room , and he was leaning his haunches against a table at the very front of the room , looking extremely cool and self-possessed . |
| 19 | A private service , attended by his wife Sandra and children Mark , Lisa , Samantha , Kelly and Penny , was being held in the family home at Joanmount Park at noon . |
| 20 | Reports published in Beirut newspapers on Aug. 28 and quoting a senior source in the Shia Amal movement claimed that Arad was being held by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Iran , having been captured by Amal in Lebanon in 1986 after bailing out of his aircraft , and then sold by Amal to the Revolutionary Guard for $500,000 . |