Sentence examples for had held for from inspiring English sources

Until then, a cease-fire had held for 11 days.

Incarceration cost her the job as a university administrator she had held for fourteen years.

Earlier, left-wing guerrillas released five foreign tourists they had held for three months.

The account was one he had held for a number of years.

True, the place was nothing like the personal image that I had held for so long.

Earl was dismissed last week from his job – which he had held for 33 years.

Then, as now, it was a position they had held for much of the season.

The past few days, he said, had satisfied an enormous craving he had held for years.

Woods recently lost his No. 1 ranking, which he had held for 281 consecutive weeks, to Westwood.

He was swept from the seat he had held for 32 years.Mr Kennedy leaves a political legacy in three parts.

She was laid off from her paralegal job, which she had held for five years, in January 2012.