11.   I remembered my first time, my trembling hand and Big Frank Connell hissing Get a grip.

12.   Meanwhile, she got a grip on it with her mind, and concentrated.

13.   She sat there for nearly half an hour, staring at the wall, trying to get a grip.

14.   She was trailing behind the other two and trying to get a grip on her nerves.

15.   Stop being hysterical and get a grip on yourself.

16.   The Government has got to get a grip.

17.   Jessica breathed deeply, trying to get a grip.

18.   I must get a grip on myself, she told herself firmly.

19.   If a grip could be got on the parcel, maybe she could thread it up between the wood and through?