1.   Cecilia could see that the man with the bear held it by a chain looped round its neck.

2.   Holding it by the hard shell is safe enough, although a steady grip is recommended.

3.   Moving quickly to mount the strongest possible challenge for the seat long held by Sen.

4.   The town fields might well be private property and held by only half-a-dozen farmers.

5.   To research, prepare and implement an initial publishing programme through exploiting and developing publishing rights held by the Group.

6.   Trampling over the mounds of debris, he swung her round, holding her by the waist.

7.   Kemptner and Strubig were believed to be held by the Hamadei family, two members of which were serving prison sentences in Germany for terrorist related crimes.

8.   When the tenants were copyholders, much might depend on the precise custom by which they held their land.

9.   Under Richard III he was made receiver of the Lancaster lands formerly held by Elizabeth Woodville and was granted the farm of valuable land within the duchy.