Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] get hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Edgar tried to get hold of the key , but she threw it quickly into the hottest part of the fire . |
| 2 | Now that Travis had got hold of the scent he would be like a bloodhound , and there was no knowing what Lori would inadvertently reveal . |
| 3 | Like many in her profession , her work is intermittent , and with her permission , in August we asked Robert to try to get hold of her employment details . |
| 4 | Emmie tried to get hold of him but he fought like the baby wild cat her mother had once been given to tame . |
| 5 | I was n't sure I wanted to hear any more , but Oliver had got hold of my sleeve again . |
| 6 | You come , you go to Ireland and you , you might come in , on a lovely sunny day like this and you get half way over and you 've go yo you think Jesus Christ has got hold of you ! |
| 7 | From somewhere Fergal had got hold of a bottle of hooch , and the three eldest sat round the kitchen table getting their first taste of hard liquor , and smoking their way through a packet of Camel cigarettes , while Ellie and Patsy , locked into the room with them , were forced to watch . |
| 8 | The tension , however , eased after Omar managed to get hold of some elders . |
| 9 | Peter Arnold had got hold of some copies to sell in Brighton on his own initiative . |
| 10 | Or , The Fourniers have got hold of a rare bird , you know . |