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A: I've been trying to get a hold of Jim for an hour, but the line is busy.

I can feel myself getting better in training each day. Hopefully I can get a starting place in the team and keep hold of it.

Halfway through, it almost lost the race but the rabbit was lucky enough to grab hold of a floating log that later washed him to shore.

It was a little hard to get a hold of them when I tried to call, so try several times.

We have not been able to get hold of him.

I kneel beside you and lean close to you and take hold of your hand and kiss your tender lips for the very last time.

I need this vendor to give me some data, but I can't get a hold of him.

By stealing someone's identity, I grabbed hold of my wimpy-self & replaced it with a braver, bolder model for a few hours.

Jordan, 15, said he tried to grab hold of his friend, but the current separated them as Anthony was pulled downstream.

You take the lid, put your arm through the hole, take hold of my chin and pull it up high enough to put the lid on.

When a captain got hold of a pilot of particularly high reputation, he took pains to keep him.

Jim McCullar, 68, took hold of the oversized check, marveling at all the zeros in $190m, and promptly handed it over to his wife.

Tears ran down her cheeks and she took hold of the ax and tried to pull it out of her father's hand.

I say a horse at a gallop, Tom, ' returned the guard, leaving his hold of the door, and mounting nimbly to his place.

Take a hold of him. Stand him up. Stand him up straight.

Winterbourne learned more about her by catching hold of her small slippery brother, and making him stand a few minutes by his side.

He took hold of what had been a wrist, lifted what proved to be eyelids, flourished a nonchalant stethoscope.

But He took hold of her hand and called out, saying, Child, arise!

The root of this thinking is often related to the negative body images that women hold of themselves.

Get hold of a map of the careers fair so you know where to find the companies you're interested in.

And I thought that if I got hold of Liverpool they would definitely drive me to an early grave.

I've been trying to get a hold of my landlord for a week.

We both grabbed hold of the net and that took us an probable half hour to get him in the boat cuz he is so heavy.

The warm air made him dizzy; he caught hold of a counter in front of him and steadied himself.

A terrible confusion takes hold of me. I feel as if a gauzy black curtain were being pulled around me.

She had gotten hold of the name and address of a high Nazi official in Amsterdam and decided to call on him.

But before he could catch hold of it a shot rang out.

He caught hold of Mary by the neck, and pulled her to the door.

He pushed me against a wall, grabbing hold of my handbag with one hand, tugging at it to make me let go.

Finally, they came up close to him, and took hold of him.

(Crowds) It's extremely crowded in the front, please do not be panic. Stand firmly on your feet or grab hold of solid objects near you.

And in the daytime as many times as you want you can catch hold of it. It is always there.

But, although Torres has handed in a transfer request, Dalglish insists the club's determination to keep hold of him has not wavered.

It was a shame because Bert would have to organise another heist before I could get hold of that sort of stuff again.

And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.

The governor's office is trying to figure out how someone got a hold of that information.

No one calls on your name or strives to lay hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us and made us waste away because of our sins.

He took hold of one foot gently and held it until the boy woke and turned and looked at him.

I pulled my left leg free and tried to get hold of one of the men as they ran away, but I was not fast enough.

my dear, forgive me, and catch hold of him on the other side.

I've gotta get out of here! I've gotta get out of here! -Calm down! Get a hold of yourself! -Excuse me, excuse. Let me handle this!

He furrowed his brow, took hold of his nose, held it a while in his large hand with the yellow hair.

the equivalent of a deranged hairy-bellied scientist getting hold of the company's DNA and adding a dangerous dose of Hollywood flakiness.

She took hold of my hand as she said just the words "thank you" and she died.

If your life is beginning to feel like a runaway train, grab a hold of the emergency cord and jump off.

And when His relatives heard about it, they went out to lay hold of Him, for they said, He is beside Himself.

"It'll have to come out immediately , " said the dentist , taking hold of his drill.

After the accident she is alleged to have said: "I'm Harriet Harman. You know where you can get hold of me. "

He did not let his anger take hold of him.

Nobody seems to be able to get a hold of the boss. In that case, we have to do without him and handle this emergency on our own.

When I was sad when you get hold of me and what not to say that nothing needs to ask, so long as to get hold of me.

My fate was otherwise determined ; the busy devil that so industriously drew me in had too fast hold of me to let me go back .

There's a bit of a virus floating about and he's been unfortunate to catch hold of it.

Once a horse has taken the bit between the teeth, It's hard to take hold of him.

"Too busy, " he said. And then he said something I couldn't quite get hold of at the time. "It's nature, " he said. "The force of nature. "

He made a big kite. He took hold of the kite string and ran with it. The wind took the kite up into the air. Then he jumped into the river.

"Birds, " he says. She laughs and grabs hold of his hand. For a moment he feels like everything is going to be okay.

But grab hold of the focused, steely professional who turns up with an open mind ready to perform, does so, and then quietly moves on.

And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

And very soon you will be able to get hold of my very own "Jester from Leicester" merchandise, so keep a look-out on the site for that!

Later, the power of the Holy Spirit took hold of her so strongly that her body shook and she began to levitate.

Then the strongest and most willing seized hold of the long ropes and began to pull.

It was the spare yard I had got hold of, and I was amazed to see how far I had traveled from brig.

And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled.

his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town.

Beijing's first reaction to Obama's tire tariffs was mild, but China's internet community caught hold of the matter and it went viral.

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

quickest way to get a hold of you? And, finally, don't forget to triple check the addresses and digits for your website, phone etc.

He said the possibility of terrorists getting hold of nuclear material to make a crude weapon remains the greatest threat to world security.

Just as it seems to have got hold of it - it suddenly runs away and starts cleaning itself frantically.

And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him and said to him, You of little faith, why did you doubt?

But I'll let you know if I can get a hold of Calvin.

To do this, get hold of a good quality photo of her and a copy of a popular entertainment magazine.

The skillful and industrious have no right to take hold of the share of others as a result of their skill and industry.

him to bow down before him , Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him and kiss him .

Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them apart.

The young lady tried to stop herself from falling, but there was no railing or anything else to take hold of.

I've never known a gas cylinder last so long. I was beginning to think I'd got hold of some kind of widow's cruse.

She was trying to get a hold of him, wasn't she?

It is said that he drowned when he fell into a river while trying to take hold of the reflection of the moon.

then, taking hold of her hair with one hand, and lifting up the sword with the other, he was going to take off her head.

One of his devices ignited, but failed to explode, in the cargo hold of an American Airlines passenger plane.

Getting hold of easyJet's customer services team has always been a bit of a challenge.

Just as I looked, some men behind caught hold of his feet and dragged him out of the round house.

For another, the American Dream could consist in achieving a state of pure freedom from the choke-hold of money and social structure.

The servant took hold of me by the cloak behind, and said: "Polemarchus desires you to wait. "

Buck admitted being pulled along by the dolphin by grabbing hold of its dorsal fin and Jukes said he had stroked its belly.

Then it got a hold of my face and started shaking, you know, worrying it and I could feel it tearing off.

she cried, catching hold of his hands. 'But how cruel of you to run away and keep silent for four years, and never think of me! '

I lean close to you and take hold of your hand and kiss your tender lips for the very last time.

I lean close to you and take hold of your hand and kiss your tender lips for the very last time.

"There is a bit of a food-fight among investors to get hold of paper from US banks, " an executive at a big bank said.

Teal had been knocked to her knees by the force of the quake, but she had managed to keep hold of Baldan's hand and forearm.

nevertheless , at table , the inevitable reaction and exhaustion consequent upon the hard day seized hold of him.

The Parthian , breaking away from his alliance with us, laid hold of Armenia, and the eyes of its conqueror were no longer upon it.

Real Madrid, Arsenal and Barcelona are all keen too, with Anderlecht realising they won't be able to keep hold of him for too long.

But I've got the record at the moment and I'd like to keep hold of it for as long as possible.

His heart began a crazy rhythm, and an intense anxiety took hold of him.

As we have mentioned recently, you are in times that promise so much to finally release you from the hold of the dark Ones.

Then Androcles grew so bold that he took hold of the lion's lame paw to see what was the matter.

As to honour- you know- it's very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never get hold of . It is not theirs.

I catch hold of the railing, gaze towards the sky, decide to bury my heart at my deepest inside.

I'm sure half the politicians are ready to seize hold of my skirts and drag me from square to square.

Try to get a hold of him again.

Getting hold of him firmly, he swam back to dry land.

Since you can't possibly know what's coming, it's important that you keep your eyes open and be ready to grab hold of new opportunities.

So she took hold of the frog with two fingers, carried him upstairs, and put him in a corner.

I thought I was adjusting well to the joys and rigors of trail life, but there was one thing I still just couldn't get a hold of.

She was so round and rolly-l used to wonder how she ever moved fast enough to catch hold of a bird.

You must be on your guard against it, it is crafty and ferocious; if it catches hold of the skirt of your coat, you will be drawn in bodily.

He took hold of the kite string and ran with it.

Anyone who wants to understand the issues and help provide solutions should get hold of a copy and contribute to the debate.

They do not need especially clever technology: governments go increasingly after dominant online firms because they are easy to get hold of.

The next thing I laid hold of was a brace of pistols, and as I already had a powder-horn and bullets, I felt myself well supplied with arms.

He took hold of the creature's fin-like arm. It felt like his father's raincoat when it got wet.

"Just checking the dreaded VB hasn't managed to get hold of any of our clothes, " the Daily Mail quoted her, as saying.

No; I've tried. The only thing I can see, if I want to improve, is to get hold of a place of my own.

By this time I was rid of my blue manuscript book and had got hold of a bound volume of one of Lett's diaries.

he took hold of a branch that was hanging over the rock.

In a fierce argument, it is often difficult to keep hold of one's main point.

And they were not able to lay hold of a saying of His in the presence of the people; and marveling at His answer, they kept silent.

He took hold of the shoe on the dead woman 's foot. It resisted and came off with difficulty .

Since James is hardly ever home, it is hard to get hold of him.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. . . Each day on her own went perfectly, and a wild gaiety took hold of Susan.

The thug tried to grab hold of the steering wheel, but the bus shoot towards the cliff like an arrow leaving the bow.

Wait till I get hold of those elegant locks - see if I won't pull them a bit longer! '

When she found the lawyer stuck to the wash-stand, which was very large and heavy, she took hold of him with both hands to pull him away.

I've been trying to get hold of you for days.

Where have you been? I've been trying to get hold of you all day.

'The boy next, ' said Toby. 'Hoist him up; I'll catch hold of him. '

The Chief had hold of the sleeve of her beaver coat, but she got away from him.

Would you please tell me when I could get a hold of him?

It was while being questioned at a police facility in the city of Ghazni that she got hold of a machine gun according to prosecutors.

The Beijing businessman who called up an English friend to ask where he could get hold of the latest model Aston Martin.

As he saw the corner of the steep boulder flash past, he seized hold of it.

Both of my companions took hold of my hands and off we went, running faster than I had ever imagined possible.

Get a hold of yourself. You're well prepared and you'll do a great job. Okay, they've just announced your name. Get out there!

Another hussar rushed up to the horse too, but Bondarenko had already hold of the reins .

Get a hold of yourself, man! Some of these bacteria are actually good for you.

"Kyu, wait, I-" she reaches out and grabs hold of his arm as he takes a step. He rejects his grip and whips off her hand.

Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them.

Beware, the LORD is about to take firm hold of you and hurl you away, O you mighty man.

After Dyan's death, Perry Mason comes to Kim's studio questioning him about his trying to get a hold of Dyan.

Try to get hold of him again.

The last not the least, the hold of the Expo 2010 will create opportunity for adjustment and upgrade of industry structure.

I did an interview in Holland and I don't know who in England got hold of it but it was the worst translation I have ever seen.

I get hold of envelope before the window bright place to toward ray to shine on to see, a have no acquisition.

If the perception takes hold of a clampdown on foreign coverage of the disaster and its aftermath, China could start to lose sympathy.

If a malicious user gets hold of this key information, then the security of that host machine can be compromised very easily.

As Samuel turned to leave, Saul caught hold of the hem of his robe, and it tore.

He get hold of a railway timetable and looked up all the trains to Beijing.

Mary Martinson caught me at the post office the other day, took hold of my arm, and lectured me for fifteen minutes on the virtues of emus .

There was a long string on the ball. Clifford took hold of the string and ran.

"And who's this shaver? " said one of the gentlemen, taking hold of me.

"The only way to know for sure would be to actually get hold of an organism and show that it is alive, " he told New Scientist.

She's the kind of girl you dream of. Dream of keeping hold of. You'd better forget it. You'll never get it.

Dr Fang got hold of a copy of Dr Xiao's application and made several allegations in New Threads, in newspapers and on television.

On one occasion when the shepherd laid hold of him, he grunted and squeaked and resisted violently.

I still owe him the $10 gold piece, but now I know how to get a hold of him.

I found it startlingly easy to get hold of steroids online.

But the deeper his knife went, the deeper the small hand sank until it had caught hold of Georgiana's heart.

As soon as he had spelt out the potential, I asked Carlo if I could get hold of some tags for a pilot project.

He took hold of the letter very roughly, and threw the verses away, so that the Flower fell on the ground.

Just make sure and don't let him get a hold of one of your shoes, or he could become dangerous.

But when the crowd had been put out, He entered and took hold of her hand, and the girl rose up.

Two teams attempt to keep hold of the ball whilst the third team endeavours to dispossess them.

He caught hold of her arm as she tried to push past him.

When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she took hold of his feet.

And for ordinary citizens, getting hold of even the worst rattletrap involved many years of waiting.

Before I could get off a shot, both their defense men were on me, and I had to skate around their nets to keep hold of the puck.

While trying to keep a hold of your hand.

But recoveries after financial crises tend to be lackluster, as people remain cautious and credit remains hard to get a hold of.

How long has it been since the word "adventure" go a hold of me and never let go.

Even if merchandisers can't get a hold of this year's jersey, there is one set of North Korean shirts vendors can count on: throw backs.

We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

By simply taking hold of its own tail and making itself into a hoop.

Yu- sup see Xiulian seize hold of the hand, Yu- sup also appears to be very painful, show of frustration.

Now the greatest threat to us is not the Cold War threats of old. It's terrorists getting hold of dirty bombs.

Where can we get hold of him?

It has definitely gone global, with good presence in Europe and Asia, but its hold of the market is much less obvious in these territories.

"The Lord reached down from above and took hold of me; He pulled me out of the deep waters" (Psalm 18: 16 TEV).

Lucky enough she grabbed hold of his overcoat in panic, otherwise she would have fallen over the rail.

Management consultants took hold of these ideas and converted them to a coherent strategy for business.

In this distress, the mate of our vessel lays hold of the boat.

The dishonest businessman got hold of a sucker list and started out to sell his worthless stock.

Later the day, they found the body in the cargo hold of the ship.

As you take hold of the crystal, you feel a light drop on your face.

Once phones are within the system they are incredibly hard for the correctional officers to get a hold of.

Then he thought of a way to get hold of the document.

And maybe she'd let him grab hold of her small tender hands with a movement so quick.

The harpies let the oracle go but she manages to grab hold of a nearby rope.

In this era of support to be everywhere and had to get hold of a prominent cattle numbers B.

sorting out forest resources, establish the resources archives system and take hold of the situation in terms of resources changes.

Liverpool have also seen a bid rejected for Blackpool schemer Charlie Adam with Ian Holloway determined to keep hold of his prize asset.

Church, in the dark hold of mosaic stone, stone carvings of flowers on the figures.

snuggle She took hold of his hand and snuggled up to him.

Let me, through you, sir, request this delegation to take hold of this subject.

We were there, we were there, but Yaxley had hold of me, and I.

When you write your Powerpoint deck write it with the assumption that people you don't want to read it will get a hold of it.

grasp To take hold of or seize firmly with or as if with the hand.

He's grabbed hold of a certain prophetic tradition that we know is already there in the Bible, which criticized the Jerusalem temple.

We got hold of a photo of the most active and famous woman in local politics and stuck it on top of our magazine.

I asked a Chongqing friend whether he knew how to get hold of him.

And since I got the hold of me, I'm living life now that I'm free, yeah.

To steady myself, let me catch hold of the first idea that passes. . . Shakespeare. . . Well, he will do as well as another.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. . . Each day on her own went perfectly, a wild gaiety took hold of Susan.

I simply had no idea that I wouldn't even be able to get hold of the right numbers.

The sentiment in this attitude is perfectly bully, but there is nothing that you can really take hold of in it.

Could you tell me how I can get hold of a doctor? Our daughter, Anna, isn't very well this morning and I may have to call somebody out.

She caught hold of his hands.

I looked around at the thin dry grass and the old dying trees, and an icy hand seemed to take hold of my heart.

Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it.

And in high school, another form of acting took hold of me.

He got hold of a guidebook to American colleges, and "Alabama starts with A, " he pointed out.

The new Fulham manager Mark Hughes underlined his commitment to keep hold of the Australia goalkeeper when he was appointed last month.

The added springing action simulates having to tug at their prey, haul it away, or keep hold of it while it struggles to get away.

Andy can keep hold of the ball so well and can challenge for everything, Luis can play just behind him and he has a lot of skill.

So it's a case of getting hold of the pit helmet, switching the light on and jumping back into the coal mine.

Getting hold of this information was no easy task.

He took hold of the rope tightly.

With nimble feet she ran like a kitten a few steps, and took hold of the cold door-handle.

Keep hold of the equity Do not sell out or dilute too early, but retain ownership if you possibly can.

Another way to remove wax is known as irrigation. With the head upright, take hold of the outer part of the ear.

For instance, I'm happy to make my cellphone number available to my friends, but not keen that telemarketers should get hold of it.

Soon they grabbed hold of the nest and started to leave.

Taking hold of the child, Rodger held the infant face up under his right arm and kicked away from the car.

You sigh heavily, and then you spread your legs a little, lean forward, and grab hold of your legs just above your ankles.

Low interest rates on rank deposits (often below the rate of inflation) depress saving and encourage the hold of physical assets.

And behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and took hold of his feet, and worshipped him.

The problem, then, is how to pass the key from Alice to Bob without Eve getting hold of it as well.

She had, moreover, get hold of a real problem.

But now one demon has discovered the secrets of the fairy world, and if humans get hold of this information the fairies are in big trouble.

next moment , hardly knowing how it came about , he found he had hold of the handle and was turning it.

To set the vehicle in motion, the driver climbs aboard, takes hold of the steering bar and connects the engine to the bicycle.

In the pitch-blackness, he felt Hermione take hold of his arm and together, they turned on the spot.

Rabbit feels very strange, one day the rabbit got hold of the janitor's dog, insist the dog to tell his truth.

The crook got hold of a sucker list and started out to sell his worthless stock.

As the lifeline of the products, quality, cost and service must be gotten hold of and never be loosen .

1Take your right leg up behind you, lifting the foot and taking hold of it with your right hand.

Not to react to a stimulus immediately but to get hold of the instincts that inhibits and checks.

We are dedicated to assisting you to get hold of the valuable competitive advantages and play outsmart.

Get hold of your makeup brush, dab it in a bronzer. An eye shadow powder that is in a darker shade than your skin tone will also do well.

Achieving your goal means grabbing hold of these opportunities before they slip through your fingers.

But it never sank in till that girl got a hold of me.

She was amazed and caught hold of the hand, whereupon the figure vanished and in its place appeared the real Gopala, her Ideal Deity.

He let go his hold of her and she fell in a heap on the floor, sobbing bitterly.

It is an ideal place where you could hold of academic exchanges, forums lectures or press releases.

This thing grabs hold of us in the wrong place, and we're dead. -You boys sure found a way to make the time pass up there.

He had an extraordinary memory, and when once he got hold of a fact it never escaped him.

I put the papers back in my bag and take hold of Rachel's little hand. Together we look out the window at the fields speeding by.