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  • If you can't get hold of truffle pecorino, use parmesan. Times, Sunday Times
  • If you know what breeding practices to do, if you know what diet to follow, if you know what drug to concoct, if you can get hold of the stuff to do it with, anybody can become an immortal.
  • You'd better hope so, because now if he falls we have no way of controlling what whackos get hold of his nukes.
  • But then hands of steel get hold of my ankles and start pulling at me - pulling pulling pulling.
  • Especially when pewlosi, redd and obama get hold of her. MoveOn ad campaign targets Hagan over 'public option'
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  • The really clever ones manage to get hold of industrial-strength incendiaries, which sound as if the SAS have come to town on manoeuvres.
  • Tom never disobeyed his father, for Mr. Tulliver was a peremptory man, and, as he said, would never let anybody get hold of his whip hand; but he went out rather sullenly, carrying his piece of plumcake, and not intending to reprieve Maggie's punishment, which was no more than she deserved. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7
  • Yes, to get hold of the cabman is the principal thing," said Nevill, without any ring of confidence in his voice. The Golden Silence
  • That means we can't really get hold of the actual source IP, because unlike a mail message, there's nothing in the TCP / IP specification that will add the routing to the packet as it goes along.
  • I'll wring her neck when I get hold of her!
  • So first of all get hold of the right materials and tools for the job in hand.
  • Wherever he was in the world he managed to get hold of all the important rugby results.
  • Kieran: I still need to get hold of a catapult, bowie knife and crossbow. If we encounter any wild animals, I intend to be armed to the teeth.
  • Halim flashed his official card, and managed to get hold of a soldier to guard the Land Rover.
  • Whether you can get hold of your underwear is a different matter. Times, Sunday Times
  • What I'd like to get hold of at the moment are video podcasts, or videocasts, or whatever you want to call them, except vodcasts because that's clearly just stupid.
  • So hunt down leopard's bane online or get hold of some seed. Times, Sunday Times
  • Oh no! Wait until the press boys get hold of this story.
  • But which items are shoppers fighting tooth and claw to get hold of? Times, Sunday Times
  • Halim flashed his official card, and managed to get hold of a soldier to guard the Land Rover.
  • If you can't get hold of veal, use stewing cuts of beef instead.
  • The crowd surrounded the barracks and tried to get hold of the man who had shot the linesman. Calcio: A History of Italian Football
  • But it was nice to get hold of the ball as quickly as possible and get it back into play.
  • City fans will be given a chance to get hold of their own piece of football history when items from Maine Road go under the auctioneer's hammers.
  • This is a very difficult concept to get hold of.
  • If you are very lucky, you may even be able to get hold of some tickets for one of the concerts or other live performances staged here.
  • I had to get hold of the other satellite communications radio, which is on the right side of the vehicle closest to the enemy fire.
  • Another team had managed through a subpoena to get hold of the church records while the monsignor was out. THE SERPENT'S MARK
  • All I'd been told was to get hold of her and scare her, get Gerald rattled, you know.
  • Hegio then began to buy up Elean captives, hoping to get hold of one that he could exchange for his son -- the captive son, that is: for he has no idea that this man at his home is his own child. et quoniam heri indaudivit, de summo loco 30 summoque genere captum esse equitem Aleum, nil pretio parsit, filio dum parceret: reconciliare ut facilius posset domum, emit hosce e praeda ambos de quaestoribus. Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives
  • Warrick Locke was very useful with his black-market connections, enabling her to get hold of all manner of goods that were otherwise unobtainable, having them shipped home in discreet parcels marked as "hessian," "beans," or "oats," or other things that were not in short supply. Phoenix And Ashes
  • The rest of our time will be divided between keeping the monster occupied and finishing packing, although it seems that there's very little we can do until we can get hold of a pair of scales.
  • Despite their mandate to serve their electorate, our representatives at the Commons are notoriously difficult to get hold of.
  • Ghodse said stricter control measures by governments and the pharmaceutical industry had helped curb use of Rohypnol, or flunitrazepam, which is now rarely used in attacks, but newer drugs were easier to get hold of and abuse. Medlogs - Recent stories
  • Mr. Stross explained that Google's goal is to feed information to the company's servers like they are some kind of famished beasts: "It has reached out to claim as many books as it can get hold of, as many videos as its users would like to submit, as many different kinds of maps as can be overlaid upon the earth and the sky, and as many of the documents that computer users routinely create for home, office, and school. Home | The New York Observer
  • Any smugness on my part, though, must be tempered by the admission that if it were the Bible that you were talking about, then we'd be in there swinging to get hold of Ezekiel before the Methodists or the born-agains.
  • It'll get lost in all that paper and bull that gets shovelled around when lawyers and officials get hold of you.
  • Reject those with obvious flaws, such as splits, and try and get hold of those with an even coloration.
  • If you don't fancy fishmeal or cannot get hold of it from a reputable source, buy hen pellets, ideally organic. Times, Sunday Times
  • Tell Richard I'm going to kill him when I get hold of him.
  • The 150 original settlement master plans proved difficult to get hold of.
  • Mr. Tom spent several hours trying to get hold of his lawyer.
  • He admitted helping people to get hold of false passports and Sim cards for mobile phones but denied any involvement in the credit card fraud.
  • If you don't fancy fishmeal or cannot get hold of it from a reputable source, buy hen pellets, ideally organic. Times, Sunday Times
  • The truth is that the tinned tomatoes you can easily get hold of don't taste tomatoey. Times, Sunday Times
  • If you can't get hold of dandelion leaves, use watercress, endive or a mixture of the two.
  • I needed desperately to get hold of a copy of the book.
  • As soon as the image-makers get hold of her it will start to happen.
  • When I get hold of her she is blunt and straight to the point - there is a clear link and she found it.
  • Get hold of the company list from your careers advisory service.
  • Do you know where I can get hold of a secondhand carpet cleaner?
  • It had become quite dark, the thunder was continually pealing, the lightning gleaming flash after flash, and every now and then sudden gusts of wind would get hold of the big _lichi_ tree by the neck and give its shaggy top a thorough shaking. Glimpses of Bengal Selected from the Letters of Sir Rabindranath Tagore
  • I'll explain,and you'll soon get hold of the idea.
  • Use strong white flour, and if you can get hold of durum wheat flour, then so much the better.
  • They get hold of all expenditures and public facilities allocated to sport in every state.
  • One way to celebrate the record's 50th anniversary is to get hold of the elegant packaged multidisc reissue. Times, Sunday Times
  • Tom never disobeyed his father, for Mr. Tulliver was a peremptory man, and, as he said, would never let anybody get hold of his whip-hand; but he went out rather sullenly, carrying his piece of plumcake, and not intending to reprieve Maggie’s punishment, which was no more than she deserved. V. Tom Comes Home. Book I—Boy and Girl
  • The plan now is to get hold of some fleece or other spinnable fibre, infuse it with power from various herbs and additives, spin it into yarn using my magic spindle, then weave it into magical cloth.
  • Of course, when the papers get hold of a story, it's blown out of all proportion.
  • With the true lobworm becoming increasingly difficult to get hold of, my normal choice these days are large dendrobenas.
  • Whether you can get hold of your underwear is a different matter. Times, Sunday Times
  • Use strong white flour, and if you can get hold of durum wheat flour, then so much the better.
  • He knows how to work with a composer he described as "hermetic, private and living in the extreme remoteness of the Orkney Islands, where you can't easily get hold of him, so it all has to happen rather at arm's length. NYT > Home Page
  • After geese have got tough, 'n' turkeys have got strong, 'n' lamb's got old, 'n' veal's pretty nigh beef, 'n' sparragrass's growin 'tall' n 'slim' n 'scattery about the head,' n 'green peas gettin' so big 'n' hard they'd be dangerous if you fired 'em out of a revolver, we get hold of all them delicacies of the season. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859
  • Angry hostellers threw boots and whatever they could get hold of at me each morning.
  • He's got a bit of nous, craft and guile and he can get hold of the ball and retain it.
  • The juice is available in Middle Eastern delis, but if you can't get hold of any, go for dry white wine soured further with a splash of lemon juice or vinegar.
  • The plan now is to get hold of some fleece or other spinnable fibre, infuse it with power from various herbs and additives, spin it into yarn using my magic spindle, then weave it into magical cloth.
  • But only Russian mafiosi can get hold of opulent, charcoal-grey, mild and civilized Beluga eggs nowadays. for the rest of us, paddlefish may look like a tarry smear, but in a blind tasting, they make many folks think they are eating sevruga, a prized Caspian sturgeon variety with small eggs and a buttery flavor. Like a Sturgeon
  • The plan now is to get hold of some fleece or other spinnable fibre, infuse it with power from various herbs and additives, spin it into yarn using my magic spindle, then weave it into magical cloth.
  • If the newspapers get hold of this scandal, they'll really have a field day!
  • We are very concerned that someone is attempting to get hold of original certificates, which could then be used to obtain false documentation such as passports or for other fraudulent purposes.
  • Even the squatter has a great deal of trouble to get hold of a good man as a shepherd or knockabout hand.
  • Anyone with a hankering for an ostrich fillet or a brochette of kangaroo but not sure where in Kerry they might get hold of such delights such check out the latest addition to dining out in Killarney.
  • Word soon spread of this sensational Sauvignon emanating from New Zealand that nobody could get hold of it.
  • He first had to get hold of some basic facts.
  • But which items are shoppers fighting tooth and claw to get hold of? Times, Sunday Times
  • The outhaul was run out on the deck, and manned by all the hands that could get hold of it. Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim
  • Likewise, the Russians could not let the Germans get hold of the oil fields in the Caucasus.
  • Where can I get hold of some stamps?
  • You can't get hold of those tickets for love nor money these days.
  • Do you know where I can get hold of a secondhand carpet cleaner?
  • Hiya, Im from the UK, and have read every V. C Andrews book i can get hold of!! V.C. Andrews Gets A New Life(time) | the TV addict
  • The book was hard to get hold of here in Canada but when I finally got a copy, I was deeply moved by it.
  • If you are very lucky, you may even be able to get hold of some tickets for one of the concerts or other live performances staged here.
  • Wherever did you get hold of that idea?
  • But which items are shoppers fighting tooth and claw to get hold of? Times, Sunday Times
  • If he is a top-notcher in his profession he may get hold of ten or twenty of them: more probably he gets hold of two or three. Confessions of a Book Reviewer
  • I can't get hold of that book for love nor money.
  • The England star made some enquiries and is keen to get hold of her number. The Sun
  • It was hired to get hold of the evidence that was needed to justify a judgment already made, like a seedy gumshoe.
  • Angry hostellers threw boots and whatever they could get hold of at me each morning.
  • How much time do people waste trying to get hold of others? Computing
  • Before you start, get hold of a copy of the DVLA's car import pack, a free guide which includes information on all the forms you will need as well as a list of useful telephone numbers.
  • Sadly, it is difficult to get hold of as the copies not yet sold were pulped by the publishers when the ‘fraud’ was discovered.
  • A few years ago, a request for monkfish, cod or skate cheeks (they are sometimes referred to as knobs) might have elicited a slightly odd look from your fishmonger, but thanks to an increased demand for them from the restaurant industry, they are slightly easier to get hold of these days. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • We get hold of some, find a sheep and doctor its food.
  • He can get hold of a fellow's got a bulldozer to clear a road from the old glove factory to the dooryard. THE SHIPPING NEWS
  • If the newspapers get hold of this scandal, they'll really have a field day!
  • He did let go, but only with one hand, and this in order to slide it down her leg, evidently meaning to get hold of her skirt and ruckle it up. A Breath of Snow and Ashes
  • The crowd surrounded the barracks and tried to get hold of the man who had shot the linesman. Calcio: A History of Italian Football
  • Let's all rush out now and get hold of whatever stocks of telescopes, binoculars and magnifying glasses we can, crowd the streets at midnight and ooh!
  • But which items are shoppers fighting tooth and claw to get hold of? Times, Sunday Times
  • The England star made some enquiries and is keen to get hold of her number. The Sun
  • Anyhoo, what I'm trying to get across is that this mag is harder to get hold of than a jellied eel.
  • It's almost impossible to get hold of tickets for the final.
  • As I discover when I try to get hold of him before our interview, his production company is ex-directory.
  • Whether you can get hold of your underwear is a different matter. Times, Sunday Times
  • It is an awful, _awful_ thing that the boys of Polktown can even get hold of such stuff to make them so ill. How Janice Day Won
  • The following year I was keen to get hold of the latest version of the book that had become a well thumbed favourite.
  • As a result, running around the city trying to get hold of cash has become a full-time occupation for some people.
  • The crowd surrounded the barracks and tried to get hold of the man who had shot the linesman. Calcio: A History of Italian Football
  • If the newspapers get hold of this scandal, they'll really have a field day!
  • As time goes by, it is becoming harder to get hold of spares or some of the more exciting bits of hardware like second processors or Winchester drives.
  • Halim flashed his official card, and managed to get hold of a soldier to guard the Land Rover.
  • He first forged signatures to get hold of his inheritance, then involved his wife's family in complex life insurance scams.
  • So hunt down leopard's bane online or get hold of some seed. Times, Sunday Times
  • There will be a fuss when the media get hold of the story.
  • Another team had managed through a subpoena to get hold of the church records while the monsignor was out. THE SERPENT'S MARK
  • Avant garde/underground short films are an absolute bastard to get hold of.
  • What you would expect is that we get hold of the local borough commander or the unit head and ask them to first of all look into it.
  • Where can I get hold of some stamps?
  • Tell him to weasel his way into the affections of as many receptionists, secretaries and PAs as is humanly possible, since they always know how things work, and he may find that he has been trying to get hold of the wrong person.
  • He said: ‘I'm now asking around, trying to get hold of a tandem to hire.’
  • I understand Admiral Enriques is trying to get hold of his opposite number and enter a strenuous protest," Kaiser fleered. Ensign Flandry
  • Brave Sarah finally managed to grab the leash on David's board and get hold of the girls.
  • My colleagues and I were apprehensive, but when we were finally able to get hold of the parts it turned out to be music of incredible sensuousness and vitality.
  • You can get hold of these products from most chemists, health food stores or specialist sports shops.
  • One of the most useful types of bone, although not the easiest to get hold of, was whalebone.

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