have a hold upon
Example Sentences
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Of course I would not buy the watch outright, because as long as it is not paid for I have a hold upon Marchetto.
From Paul Patoff by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
They seemed to have a hold upon one and were as irresistible as those vague longings that come with the awakening of spring.
From When Dreams Come True by Berger, William Merritt
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
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
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
