1 She was taken/held hostage by the gunmen.

2 She obeyed and took hold of his hand.

3 Just take hold of the tube and squeeze.

4 Affectionate birthday greetings.Birthday means a new beginning and a new chance to take hold on life.

5 Office workers fled in panic as the fire took hold.

6 Blind rage took hold of him.

7 The fever was beginning to take hold.

8 Panic took hold of him and he couldn't move.

9 The music took hold of her slowly.

10 He took hold of the plant's root and pulled.

11 She felt a strange excitement taking hold of her.

12 Gently, she took hold of the door handle and turned it.

13 He took hold of one end of the carpet and tugged.

14 I should not allow such a thought to take hold on me.

15 We called a meeting in order to take/hold a vote on the issue.

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

17 With his free hand he took hold of the knife.

18 I suggest you root out those weeds before they take hold.

19 They managed to get out of the house just before the flames took hold.

20 As the drugs took hold, her grasp of reality began to slip slowly away.

21 Taking hold of a strong branch, he finally cleared the escape hatch with his legs and dropped to the ground.

22 Still a gun culture is taking hold.

23 However, anorexia was already taking hold.

24 There was a new teacher and he was taking hold fast.

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

26 Taking hold of me, she locked onto me for a long time.

27 Wendy says that slowly but surely our name is taking hold in this wide area.

28 The wine Adrienne had kept passing to her was taking hold of an empty stomach.

29 Similarly, with books, he said, "I would be scared to death about a culture of piracy taking hold. I wouldn't mess around with price increases."

30 "We have seen increased evidence that a self-sustaining recovery in consumer and business spending may be taking hold," Bernanke told the Senate Budget Committee.

31 Urban farming is taking hold in some of the world's biggest cities.

32 This model is already taking hold in Uganda, Mongolia, Burkina Faso and Malawi.

33 Taking hold of me, she locked onto me for half and hour.

34 Wellhung : I'm taking hold of your blouse and sliding it off slowly.

35 With the Fed meeting Tuesday, the danger at the moment is that a deflationary mind-set is taking hold.

36 Her husband shouted at her, seizing taking hold of her hand.

37 "The key point is that the crisis seems to be taking hold even of peripheral countries regarded as solid," said WestLB rate strategist Michael Leister.

38 It is during this time period that Secret Societies took action, causing revolutions, overthrowing Monarchical and Papal powers and taking hold of the banking system.