have a hold upon

Example Sentences

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By means of this we have a hold upon him which nothing can destroy unless he escape by death.

From Pauline's Passion and Punishment by Alcott, Louisa May

Already he claimed to have a hold upon it, and who had a better right than he to live there rent free?

From Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel by Farjeon, Benjamin Leopold

“And because of that she will have a hold upon you while you live.”

From The Greater Power by Dunton, W. Herbert

It never occurred to me that he was lending me this money merely to have a hold upon me, and I thought it possible you might care for him.

From Hard Pressed by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)

Make a popular audience laugh, and you have a hold upon its attention.

From Denzil Quarrier by Gissing, George