have a hold upon

Example Sentences

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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

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

She was hesitating; the world did have a hold upon her.

From Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature by McLaughlin, Edward Tompkins

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

From Denzil Quarrier by Gissing, George

"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)