1.   He was in a powerful position to become the single successor, but his luck did not hold.

2.   If his luck held, no one would notice he had escaped for at least two hours.

3.   If our luck holds, we could reach the final.

4.   Our luck held, and the weather remained fine.

5.   If his luck held, nothing could prevent him using it.

6.   And if the vaunted Leakey luck holds, she just might succeed.

7.   And he will need his luck to hold.

8.   And of course, unlike the case with so many free spirits of his generation, his luck held.

9.   Because their luck had held so far, the Gashis had hoped they would escape the disaster that had befallen so many other villages.

10.   But all in all, she said, their luck held.