Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] get hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I reckon ( hope ! ) the Guardian has got hold of this off some Derby source who is talking out the back of their heads . |
| 2 | The hon. Gentleman has got hold of the wrong end of the stick . |
| 3 | Beneath that was a leaflet with the number of the switchboard ( 837 7324 ) and then eight pamphlets dealing with sexual hygiene , four of them coming from America , ones which Madame had got hold of before anyone else . |
| 4 | This man has got hold of her , and the family 's been looking everywhere . |
| 5 | You 'll have difficulty trying to get hold of a bike or a canoe in the Tatras . |
| 6 | He tried to educate them about the nature of demythologizing , a word of which the press had got hold , and to guide them about the best modern writing on the New Testament . |
| 7 | It was a bit late for that , since the press had got hold of the story anyway . |
| 8 | The sheriff demanded to know how the solicitor had got hold of a confidential social inquiry report . |
| 9 | I remember there was a big ; story in one of the newspapers because a guy had got hold of a Telecaster — they made a big feature of it ! |