Example sentences of "and held [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When two blocks of the same polymer are brought together and held at a temperature just above the T g for a time t , interdiffusion of the chains takes place from each block across the interface ( see figure 12.6 ) thereby joining the blocks together . |
| 2 | The girl 's fair hair was scraped back and held with a slide ; she wore a grey shirt , open half-way down the front , and bleached jeans . |
| 3 | These attacks , plus an incident in which two men , a Briton and a Zimbabwean , were kidnapped and held for a month by the MNR in February-March , led to renewed doubts about the security of the Beira corridor between Zimbabwe and the central Mozambican port , which provided a major fuel and transport artery for Zimbabwean trade . |
| 4 | All stretches should be gradual and held for a period of 30 seconds before release . |
| 5 | A further refinement found on some models is ‘ exposure lock ’ by means of which the exposure can he preset at a particular level and held through a shot — we shall consider the reasons for wishing to do this later ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 6 | In the 1960's , a medievalist scholar , Professor Schlomo Pines , found in a collection of Arabic manuscripts , dating from the tenth century and held in a library in Istanbul , a number of lengthy and detailed verbatim quotes from an earlier , fifth- or sixth-century , text , which the Arab writer ascribes to ‘ al-nasara ’ — the Nazareans . |
| 7 | In March 1991 , a student in Assam was arrested and held in an army camp for five days , where he was beaten and electric shocks were applied to his body . |