Example sentences of "[verb] their hold on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they lose their hold on the rock or are swept away by the waves , they will assuredly drown . |
| 2 | Intermittent war rages across Ulthuan once more as the Dark Elves consolidate their hold on the northern lands . |
| 3 | The salt itself , even at high dose ( 5% ) in my experience , has little effect on the flukes other than to weaken their hold on the fish . |
| 4 | As the headmaster gave the Husayn twins what he called ‘ the cork-screw ’ — an intense stare combined with a slow quiver of the nostrils — they slackened their hold on the new recruit to Class 1 — a Bosnian refugee whose name no one could pronounce . |
| 5 | Fighting continued around Sarajevo , Bihac and Goradze and in various areas of northern Bosnia-Hercegovina , while in the south Bosnian Croatians consolidated their hold on the area they had named the Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosna [ see p. 39012 ] . |
| 6 | Serbian forces tightened their hold on the capital with the capture on Dec. 6 of the strategic western suburb of Otes . |
| 7 | He dipped towards her , and she tried again to free herself , but the more she struggled , the more his fingers tightened their hold on the back of her neck , and she closed her eyes helplessly , steeling herself for the marauding touch of his mouth . |