Sentence examples for got held up for from inspiring English sources

The New Yorker, July 19 , 1952P. 20 A Fourth of July motorist reports that he got held up for some time in the village of Milford, N.H., by a parade that was circling the local square.

By Sidney Cox and Geoffrey T. Hellman The New Yorker, July 19 , 1952P. 20 A Fourth of July motorist reports that he got held up for some time in the village of Milford, N.H., by a parade that was circling the local square.

He got held up.

You have trade surging around the world — in financial services, information technology, telecommunications — and everything gets held up for years because you are arguing about farm products".

This created a stark choice -- does Dent get held up for the city to see him as a man who lived long enough that he became a villain, or as a man who died a hero?

You won't get fired for getting held up.

Three of his staff got held up at gunpoint and, for a time, new businesses outpaced new residents.

Jay's elaborate Valentine's surprise for Gloria keeps getting held up.

But then your film got held up because it rained, and you discovered that it had also rained for Nelson.

Gardner added: "I've been away for a couple of weeks so the deal got held up a little bit.

"It got held up in a committee.