Example sentences of "held [adv prt] by the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Can you bear to be held down by the bonds of marriage ? |
| 2 | Both the car and the trailer were badly damaged , but because the glider was securely held in by the fittings , it survived the trailer going over on to its side without damage . |
| 3 | Pre-tax profits this year will be lower than last year 's £42.3m and the shares , which slipped 1.5p to 127p , are only being held up by the Coats offer , worth 133p . |
| 4 | They felt that they were ‘ not getting on ’ with their craft work or were ‘ held back by the students with severe learning difficulties ’ . |
| 5 | About fifty people attempted to gain entrance , but were held back by the police . |
| 6 | In addition , the economies of the most advanced capitalist nations would advance to a point where any further development of production would be held back by the crises of capitalism and by the desire to produce for profit rather than the general good . |
| 7 | They were disinclined to be held back by the deliberations of a slow moving and ponderous Commission . |