Example sentences of "he [verb] get hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | He kept on , and it was worse because he 'd got hold of the helmet now and was smashing it against the toilet . |
| 2 | Jack would n't shoot so long as he 'd got hold of him . |
| 3 | Wherever he was in the world he managed to get hold of all the important rugby results . |
| 4 | It was much more , he thought as he moved the boiling pan off the stove and on to the floor , trying to ignore the unholy smell of bleach that came off it as it sloshed against the sides of the vessel , that he had simply woken up one morning and realized , to use a phrase a friend had used about someone else 's wife , ‘ what he had got hold of ’ . |
| 5 | Anselm had not yet visited Canterbury , but he had got hold of the one thing necessary for understanding the members of the old monastic community : they wanted recognition of their saints and understanding of their tradition . |
| 6 | This Ethiopian , he had come to Jerusalem , he was a , he was a a , go , a Godly man , he was seeking after the things of God , and he had come to Jerusalem on a pilgrimage to worship God , and he was returning home , and he had got hold of the scroll that had Isaiah fifty three in it , and he was reading it , and Philip goes up to the man in the chariot , he said , do you understand what you 're reading ? |
| 7 | Chen wanted to reach out and take Herrick by the throat and choke him to death , but first he had to get hold of the copy and get out with it . |
| 8 | well , and he 's the one that 'll make the decision I think cos he 's got hold of the money . |