have a hold upon

Example Sentences

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"Rather out of a desire to have a hold upon the Duke," replied Wilton.

From The King's Highway by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

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

From The Greater Power by Dunton, W. Herbert

It is true that I have a hold upon him; but then I am completely at his mercy.

From File No. 113 by Gaboriau, Émile

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

From Denzil Quarrier by Gissing, George

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