Example sentences of "kept a [adj] grip " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for fears of a recession , he said that would be avoided if business and industry kept a firm grip on their costs , particularly wages . |
| 2 | He lifted her bag out but , instead of handing it to her , he kept a firm grip on it and began to walk towards the house . |
| 3 | She kept a firm grip on her voice , concealing her sudden confusion , as she responded stubbornly , ‘ I 'm still waiting for an explanation . ’ |
| 4 | Jenna had n't realised just how weak she felt until that moment and she kept a firm grip on the back of the settee . |
| 5 | In the long term , moreover , the profits were creamed off by London capitalists who kept a tight grip on the marketing of tin . |
| 6 | She kept a tight grip on the new hands and was particularly good at swabbing down the decks after a boisterous boarding party had come and gone . |
| 7 | Neighbouring South Africa was the dominant state in the region , and — at Pretoria 's insistence — Sobhuza kept a tight grip on the activities of the exiled African National Congress . |
| 8 | From 1316 to 1319 Audley was one of a small group of courtiers , including Roger Damory [ q.v. ] and Hugh Despenser junior [ q.v. ] , husbands of the other two Gloucester co-heiresses , who kept a tight grip on Edward II 's patronage and favour ; though he was perhaps the least prominent of the three . |
| 9 | Outside in her car she kept a tight grip on herself , refusing to let her humiliation reduce her to tears . |
| 10 | Middlesbrough kept a tight grip on John Aldridge , but substitute Ian Muir crashed a late equaliser into the roof of the net . |