Example sentences of "was hold [adv] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Officials from the HSE told MPs that their work on implementing the recommendation of Britain 's advisory committee on asbestos was held up for two years while they worked on the EEC plan . |
| 2 | Despite a 150-strong police presence , traffic was held up for two hours as the farmers taunted Britons , shouting and waving banners which read ‘ Britain is an island . |
| 3 | The morning train from Sidney picked up milk from various farms for shipment to Victoria and on at least one occasion it was held up for two hours while cows , that had been turned into the bush the previous night to pick up what nourishment they could were searched for , rounded up , milked and the milk loaded for the trip to town . |
| 4 | Then the subway train was held up for twenty minutes . |
| 5 | When this happened the traffic was held up for three of four days whilst the track was repaired . |