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It doesn't look like this phrase is very popular! The search could not find any examples on the internet.	Sep 6, 2011 ... A man is escorted from the law office building where he allegedly held a girl hostage in Paramatta, Sydney. Photograph: Mark Metcalfe/Getty�... Sep 6, 2011 ... Police officers arrest a man who held a girl hostage in a Sydney suburb on Tuesday. NBC, msnbc.com and news services. updated 9/6/2011�... May 10, 2005 ... A man from Central China's Hunan Province held a girl hostage near a supermarket and forced the girl's father to drive his car to run away. 2006?1?25? ... A man from Central China's Hunan Province held a girl hostage near a supermarket and forced the girl's father to drive his car to run away.

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Sep 6, 2011 ... A man is escorted from the law office building where he allegedly held a girl hostage in Paramatta, Sydney. Photograph: Mark Metcalfe/Getty�...
Sep 6, 2011 ... Police officers arrest a man who held a girl hostage in a Sydney suburb on Tuesday. NBC, msnbc.com and news services. updated 9/6/2011�...
May 10, 2005 ... A man from Central China's Hunan Province held a girl hostage near a supermarket and forced the girl's father to drive his car to run away.
2006?1?25? ... A man from Central China's Hunan Province held a girl hostage near a supermarket and forced the girl's father to drive his car to run away.