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

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

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

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

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

The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.

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

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

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

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!

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

he took hold of the rope and saved his life.

the blind man took hold of my arm, and i led him across the street.

The two tried to share air, but panic took hold of the out-of-air diver.

Dr. Munshi-South gently took hold of the animals so his students could measure them with a ruler along their backs.

So Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in his hand.

When motivation struck on a Tuesday morning, I took hold of it, and I finished by Thursday.

With her forced support, the Scourge took hold of the Sunwell, the source of the elves' arcane power.

But Jesus took hold of his hand and raised him, and he stood up.

And in high school, another form of acting took hold of me. I wanted to learn how to be appealing.

The executioner reached down, took hold of the man's short braid, and yanked it over to one side.

Gradually the desire for notice took hold of her.

Treasury also took hold of the $700 billion Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, dedicating $250 billion to capital investments in banks.

Two of the doctors took hold of my right leg very gingerly and bent it .

Just then the mistress came home, quickly took hold of a stick, drove them off the table and gave them a good beating.

He stooped and took hold of one of the handles of the coffin.

Without saying a word, she took hold of my arm and marched me off to the headmaster's office.

The music took hold of her slowly.

The snipe quickly rushed over, stuck out its great beak and took hold of the clam's flesh.

and Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces.

One of them took hold of my arm.

Fagin took hold of the Dodger's collar and shook him violently.

She took hold of the little tree.

I wake up knowing simply that I took hold of the knob and turned it.

To show my gratitude, I took hold of his collar and said, "Come on, boy, let's go home and get something to eat. "

And fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet has been raised up among us, and, God has visited His people!

A smile took hold of Amy when the idea first came to her.

The two movers took hold of the opposite ends of the table.

As nazism took hold of Germany, however, he saw nazism for what it was.

I don't know why I took hold of the rope , but I did .

And Jesus, seeing the reasoning of their heart, took hold of a little child and stood him beside Himself,