Example sentences of "keep a [adj] hold on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And there were German Shepherds abiding in the fields , ’ said Seb , keeping a close hold on Decorum , his bull terrier , as Twinkie the security guard prowled past with an Alsatian . |
| 2 | Dominic crept carefully down the stairs , keeping a tight hold on the gleaming mahogany banister . |
| 3 | She would be keeping a tight hold on her feelings from now on . |
| 4 | Keeping a tight hold on herself , she went in search of Helen and accepted with gratitude her invitation to lunch . |
| 5 | But when morning came she still had to keep a firm hold on her feelings , especially when Joanna pressed her to describe her evening with Giles . |
| 6 | He says you have to keep a tight hold on the nuts . |
| 7 | She would have to be more careful , keep a better hold on her tongue . |
| 8 | ‘ Now take it out and keep a firm hold on it . |
| 9 | ‘ Just keep a tight hold on those documents , ’ Otley advised her . |
| 10 | Many of the people in our picture were only window shopping and kept a tight hold on their cash , according to disappointed traders . |
| 11 | The Habsburgs , though they kept a tight hold on much of Europe , were not the longest serving overlords of Aarau . |