Example sentences of "has [vb pp] hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is in all matters , not merely ecclesiastical ones , that the spirit of adornment has caught hold of us , and unless there is positive wrong in any of these things , we have no call to repress them . ’ |
| 2 | This man has got hold of her , and the family 's been looking everywhere . |
| 3 | I compared myself to a dog who has got hold of a large piece of meat , and runs away with it to a corner , where he may devour it in peace , without any fear of others taking it from him . ’ |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman has got hold of the wrong end of the stick . |
| 5 | 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 ! |
| 6 | So I reckon ( hope ! ) the Guardian has got hold of this off some Derby source who is talking out the back of their heads . |
| 7 | The government 's legislation on industrial relations and trade unions has taken hold . |
| 8 | His package appealed primarily to upscale white suburbanites , but it has taken hold with other candidates and could be merged with Mr Clinton 's platform without either side losing face . |
| 9 | However , as the image of the older consumer as a pensioner on the poverty line has taken hold , the market had been slow to respond to the increasing affluence of older people . |
| 10 | Enterprise The ‘ enterprise culture ’ has taken hold . |
| 11 | Oakeshott argues that in modern times the conception of the state as universitas has taken hold , primarily as a result of the extension of the executive apparatus of civil rule . |
| 12 | It would respond immediately to an increase in carbon monoxide levels , working quicker than current detectors which respond to smoke after a fire has taken hold . |