Sentence examples for was only held from inspiring English sources

Despite rugby's recent pretensions to being a "world" game (the first World Cup was only held in 1987), the sport remains a pretty closed shop at the top level.

Then one saw that the slit down the front was only held together by a loose knot – when she walked one could see quite a long way up her leg...".

The report confirmed that al-Rawi, 39, was only held after MI5 sent the CIA a telegram, stating he was an 'Islamic extremist' who had a timer for an improvised bomb in his luggage.

The game was only held at the 25,000-capacity Ciutat de Valencia but it proved to be a memorable night for Valencia striker Paco Alcacer, who marked his full debut with a goal, and Sergio Busquets – he got his first ever goal for La Roja.

The idea that Nazi Germany was on the brink of invading and was only held back by 3,000 RAF pilots is a "glorious myth", the historians claim, but in truth there was no question of a German invasion while the Royal Navy was in such overwhelming command of the sea.

Then, the Web site thesmokinggun.com discovered that he had embellished several details; for example, he wrote that he had spent nearly three months in jail after leaving an alcohol and drug rehabilitation center in the mid-1990s, altheugh he was only held for a few hours.

A man who yelled that he was armed but was only holding a Bible -- was fatally shot here this weekend by a police officer, the authorities said.

Mr Khoja denied the presence of any Russian or Egyptian initiatives for negotiations, saying that the coalition was only "holding discussions with all Syrian opposition factions".

Why did the police shout "gun" when Stephon was only holding a cell phone?

By September 9, however, it was clear that the Stanley plan was only holding onto a minority of legislative voters.

Interviews are only held in Doha.