Example sentences of "had hold [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus Gloucester 's possession of Chesham ( Bucks. ) gave him the service of the Wedons , who had held land in the manor since the thirteenth century and who acted as his bailiffs there . |
| 2 | Thus Gloucester 's possession of Chesham ( Bucks. ) gave him the service of the Wedons , who had held land in the manor since the thirteenth century and who acted as his bailiffs there . |
| 3 | He had held sway at the College for 45 years , for 40 of which he had been assisted by his faithful subordinate William Sewell who now , at the age of 58 , was to succeed his master as Professor . |
| 4 | This shift went well beyond the general decline of the traditional working class in the electorate ( discussed below ) and reflected the increasing selection of ‘ more educated candidates ’ with ‘ administrative aptitudes ’ under the conditions of electoral competition , and within the dominant technocratic conception of politics , which had held sway since the rise of ‘ Butskellism ’ in the mid '50s . |
| 5 | Exempted from the new regulations were people who had held citizenship of the pre-1940 independent Estonia and their descendants . |
| 6 | He was a keen supporter of the BDDA and before being elected Chairman had held office on the executive since 1951 and as Vice-chairman since 1960 . |
| 7 | Carlos Manuel Castillo , 61 , an economist representing the social democratic National Liberation Party ( PLN ) which had held power for the past eight years , came second with 47.3 per cent . |