The phrase "has held a place" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to describe someone or something that has remained in a certain position or role for a period of time. Example: Sarah has held a place on the school's debate team for three years now.
The multistory movie — weaving together episodes of several unrelated characters as their paths cross — has held a place of honor in Hollywood since "Grand Hotel".
For nearly 13 years it has held a place in the hearts of New Yorkers and visitors to Manhattan that's arguably unrivaled.
For nearly 14 years, Gramercy Tavern has held a place in the hearts of New Yorkers and visitors to Manhattan that's arguably unrivaled.
It would be hazardous to speculate whether modern-day Icelanders are more closemouthed and indwelling than the rest of us, but there's no gainsaying that taciturnity has held a place of special reverence in Icelandic literature and folk tale for something like a millennium.
I jumped at the chance and I was excited to do it". Tamanaha, 57, said OCC has held a place in his heart since he earned his associate arts degree there in the early 1970s.
Rossini prefaced several of these operas with swift, witty overtures that have held a place in the repertoire of symphony orchestras.
In Chicago, Illinois' largest city, Roman Catholics have long dominated some neighborhoods and have held a place in the political fabric of the city.
In his obituary, H. W. B. Joseph described Cook Wilson as being "by far the most influential philosophical teacher in Oxford", adding that no one "had held a place so important" since T. H. Green (Joseph 1916b, 555).
For many years the Cathedral has held a special place in the religious and cultural life of New York.
Ever since it was first nurtured from a grass by the Maya, corn has held a sacred place in the lives of Indigenous peoples in the Americas.
The sweet potato has held a special place in Japanese culture since it saved the country from famine in the mid-18th century after the rice crop failed.
