have a hold upon

Example Sentences

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I won't trust him till I have a hold upon him.

From Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk by Optic, Oliver

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

From The Greater Power by Dunton, W. Herbert

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

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

The old man then treated them well, and she seemed to have a hold upon his affections.

From The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west by Maclean, John