Example sentences of "[verb] his grip on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Quigley had ever had a chance of regaining his grip on the First Spiritualist Church of South Wimbledon , he had lost all hope of it now . |
| 2 | He seemed , indeed , to have become much more decisive altogether , for at exactly the same time as he signed the rescript , he created a new governmental body under his own chairmanship , the Council of Ministers , whose purpose was apparently to strengthen his grip on the central administration . |
| 3 | And although the bureaucratic mice were invisibly at work , he still went through the motions of shifting hands and improving his grip on the branch . |
| 4 | He reversed his grip on the blade and drove it through the daemon 's chest . |
| 5 | From the corner of his eye the stout grey-haired man saw the thug shift his grip on the club . |
| 6 | Once again Britten keeps his grip on the music with the help of a formal scheme , this time a rondo with episodes the third of which alludes directly to Grimes by quoting the two distinct themes of his phrase , " What harbour shelters peace , away from tidal waves , away from storms " [ 10 ] , followed by a pointed combination of his next theme , " With her there 'll be no quarrels " , with one of the most agitated of the semitonal storm motifs ( almost the next time Peter and Ellen meet on stage they do quarrel ) . |
| 7 | Gloucester was thus strengthening his grip on the duchy connection , but it was also in the interest of the crown for him to preserve the connection : an ambiguity emphasized by the fact that Ashton and Pilkington were royal as well as ducal servants . |
| 8 | Gloucester was thus strengthening his grip on the duchy connection , but it was also in the interest of the crown for him to preserve the connection : an ambiguity emphasized by the fact that Ashton and Pilkington were royal as well as ducal servants . |
| 9 | He began a forlorn final game by losing his grip on the racket altogether . |
| 10 | Whether or not Henry would have kept his promise if she had remained so is an open question , but it is clear that once he had also acquired Aquitaine he would never relax his grip on the territories which served as the vital bridge connecting his mother 's lands in the north and his wife 's lands in the south . |
| 11 | REIGNING champion Gary Wilkinson last night lost his grip on the Coalite World Matchplay snooker title at Doncaster . |
| 12 | In fact there is plenty of evidence to suggest that the oppression was merely temporary , being imposed while the king established his grip on the country . |
| 13 | She saw Cy change his grip on the reins ; Shine On effortlessly moved into overdrive and , in a matter of yards , was well clear of her . |
| 14 | There was a chance they would try to rush him , but it would take a fraction of a second to release his grip on the open clothes-peg . |
| 15 | As he strove to release his grip on the control of the power axe , so the jelly appeared to co-operate . |
| 16 | He dropped the bag then , tightening his grip on the switchblade , he waited until she was in range before lunging at her , the blade slashing the air inches from her face . |
| 17 | Lothar remained in central Francia , perhaps tightening his grip on the region east of the Charbonnière . |
| 18 | Nor could Creggan see that with that return of some sense of a spirit of life that can never die there came to the nearly lifeless wings of the close-caged Minch a sudden struggle and slight flutter of purpose — not much , but enough to make the Man look down in surprise and tighten his grip on the carrier cage . |
| 19 | There are two explanations put forward for why the King has relaxed his grip on the government . |
| 20 | He tightened his grip on the sub-machine-gun , waited for the helicopter to slow and swing towards him . |
| 21 | ‘ No , ’ Reynolds said , and he shifted his grip on the brown paper as if it were getting hot in his hands . |
| 22 | Lorton shifted his grip on the throat . |
| 23 | He relaxed his grip on the mug , rolled his sleeves down , pushed his chair back . |
| 24 | In answer to those who might claim that the perverse approach to this particular movement illustrates that the conductor had lost his grip on the orchestra by the time of this recording , I can only say that the playing of the New Philharmonia is magnificent . |