1.   Police and motoring organisations urged drivers to keep their speed down and take extra care as freezing fog gripped the country.

2.   They are trying to end the political paralysis that has been gripping the country.

3.   Around Camp McGovern, there are reminders of the suffering that was a way of life here when war gripped this country for years.

4.   As revolution gripped the country, they sought political asylum.

5.   As tension gripped the country, the army stepped up its presence in major cities, in case the rebels strike first.

6.   After all, the Monica Lewinsky scandal was gripping the country.

7.   But misery continues to grip this country.

8.   By the time the first case was identified, the disease gripped the country.

9.   But World Series fever is apparently gripping the country.

10.   In sharp contrast is the sardonic view of Miami and its frolicking high life taken by Marion Post Wolcott as Depression miasma still gripped the country.