Sentence examples for then being held from inspiring English sources

A sketch was made of the execution showing the condemned being forced to place his head upon a pedestal, and then being held there while an elephant crushed his head underfoot.

Nelson Mandela, then being held in isolation, was barred from the Makana Football Association.

In the fall of 1990, he asked his wife for a birthday present of tickets to the world chess championship then being held here.

Instead of pressing the siege of Chattanooga, Bragg unwisely sent Longstreet off in a futile attempt to capture Knoxville, then being held by Burnside.

Mr. Nosair sent in his 2009 handwritten motions from the so-called Supermax prison in Florence, Colo., where he was then being held.

To reach the Plymouth penitentiary in Massachusetts, where Reid was then being held, you pass the spot where the first pilgrims arrived in the US.

A special election could then be held between 60 and 90 days later.

A vote of confidence would then be held, probably later in March.

Will other promising shows be started in summer, and then be held out until after baseball?

By November, the first Baja race (called the Mexican 1000 then) was held.

A referendum will then be held to decide between the present system and the commission's alternative.