Example sentences of "were hold [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually you will reach the point where you will wonder why one thumb appears to be getting tired and will look down to find that you were holding on a lot of stick trim without even being aware of it ! |
| 2 | The belief expressed was that wage rates were held at a depressed level in the provinces of England compared to London . |
| 3 | Three Americans were held at a luxury flat in West London where cocaine worth £7 million was found . |
| 4 | A striped shirt without a collar , and trousers that were held at a slender stomach by braces , and carpet slippers in checked shades of brown , and a smell of pipe tobacco . |
| 5 | Inconclusive talks on currency issues were held at a meeting in Minsk on June 26 between representatives of the 11 Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) states ( including heads of government of Byelarus , Russia and Tajikistan only , and with Moldova and Azerbaijan present only as observers ) . |
| 6 | In one case a contract was agreed and several sessions were held with a family consisting of grandmother , her son and his wife and their three teenage children . |
| 7 | In both sets of schools , interviews were held with a variety of staff , usually ( but not always ) beginning with the headteacher and key staff involved in the project . |
| 8 | Their Glasgows rivals Celtic were held to a 1-1 draw by St Mirren . |
| 9 | But Hearts , hoping for runners-up position and a place in Europe , were held to a goalless draw by St Mirren . |
| 10 | Champions AC Milan were held to a 1-1 draw by lowly Udinese , but still stretched their lead at the top to four points following defeats for Inter and Juventus . |
| 11 | Champions AC Milan were held to a 1-1 draw by lowly Udinese , but still stretched their lead at the top to four points following defeats for Inter and Juventus , who were without the injured England international David Platt . |
| 12 | EUROPEAN champions Denmark were held to a goalless draw by Lithuania in a World Cup Group Three qualifier in Vilnius . |
| 13 | The familiar blue and white hoops were held to a 9–9 draw at Berry Hill on the opening day of the season and since then they have won every league match . |
| 14 | Brian Deane 's winner with five minutes left killed off City 's brave fightback and left Leeds unbeaten in 13 Premiership matches , while Manchester United were held to a draw by Norwich . |
| 15 | Hereford were held to a goaless draw by non league Woking … . what a prize if they win the replay though a fourth round tie at the City Ground … |
| 16 | NORTH Cheshire League leaders Daten were held to a draw by |
| 17 | League leaders Sunderland were held to a 1–1 draw at Whitehaven , who took the lead in the first half through Frank Hatton . |
| 18 | Second-placed Gretna , meanwhile , closed the gap by a point , but they were held to a 1–1 draw by second-bottom Shildon . |
| 19 | Shotton were held to a draw by Ashington . |
| 20 | ‘ There was a feeling of disappointment that we were held to a draw in Bruges and the atmosphere in the dressing room at the Olympiastadion only lifted after we heard that Marseille had suffered the same result against CSKA , ’ said McCall . |
| 21 | Third-placed Inter Milan were held to a goalless draw at home to Sampdoria , squandering their chance of victory when Sosa missed a penalty . |
| 22 | Manchester United at home to Bolton were held to a goal-less first half first forty five minutes , and they had to wait until the seventy seventh minute before taking the lead through Hughes , and United go through with a one nil win . |
| 23 | In addition , potential shareholders were offered telephone vouchers or a bonus share issue if the shares were held for a period of three years , in order to try to prevent the immediate sale of shares after the issue . |
| 24 | Her eyes were held for a few moments in the lazy gaze across the desk , then with a conscious effort she blinked herself free , looked down at her notepad . |
| 25 | One or two , their horses killed under them , were held for a time unable to fall , and others slithered into the river , its shore by now churned into slime , and drowned there in their harness . |
| 26 | Elections were held for a number of other posts on Sept. 23-24 . |
| 27 | District competitions were held over a period of six months and finalists and runners-up from these matches went on to represent their district at the area competition . |
| 28 | ‘ Softer ’ data were , however , gathered : interviews were held on a small number of cases , and a single case-example was further explored through the use of a vignette based on an actual case from another area , a technique which may be further developed in future work . |
| 29 | The elections in the Baltic republics , unlike in the rest of the Soviet Union , were held on a genuinely multiparty basis , constitutionally guaranteed Communist Party ( CP ) monopolies having been abolished in the past three months and new parties having been allowed to form for at least the past year . |
| 30 | Elections were held on a party political basis to the Convention of the Histadrut trade union federation on Nov. 14 , 1989 . |