Example sentences of "able [to-vb] hold [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christine 's former boy-friend Robert Broxup called for an inquiry into how the youngster was able to get hold of the acid . |
| 2 | Yet Hobbins would not have been able to get hold of the bullets if a broken cabinet in his barracks had been repaired . |
| 3 | You should be able to get hold of the full terms of any guarantee the supplier is offering . |
| 4 | You should be able to get hold of the full terms of any guarantee the supplier is offering . |
| 5 | ‘ We have n't been able to get hold of the boy concerned since he and his family moved away soon after the incident , whatever it was . |
| 6 | Examples are Hakea ( Proteaceae , Australia ) and pines that have been able to take hold in the Cape . |