Example sentences of "the [noun] have get hold " in BNC.

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1 So I reckon ( hope ! ) the Guardian has got hold of this off some Derby source who is talking out the back of their heads .
2 The mercenaries had to get hold of their horses somewhere in Fife , and there were always distractions .
3 How the printers had got hold of her photograph she did not know , but they had , and now it was being sold all over London , along with ones of Lillie Langtry and other noted belles .
4 He tried to educate them about the nature of demythologizing , a word of which the press had got hold , and to guide them about the best modern writing on the New Testament .
5 It was a bit late for that , since the press had got hold of the story anyway .
6 Or , The Fourniers have got hold of a rare bird , you know .
7 The sheriff demanded to know how the solicitor had got hold of a confidential social inquiry report .
8 It looked just like the picture of Gullible or whoever he was , except the nomes had got hold of what the nomes in those days had never heard of , which was lots of electric wire .
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