41.   She felt a strange excitement taking hold of her.

42.   His heart began a crazy rhythm, and an intense anxiety took hold of him.

43.   Melissa was not given to premonition but the fear that something had happened to Sybil had taken hold and would not be shaken off.

44.   He took hold of the rostrum with both hands.

45.   It would be the ultimate in the corruption of a people by paternal kindliness -- a corruption that had already taken great hold in the country.

46.   Resolving to pass them on to someone else as soon as possible, Robert took hold of both locket and manuscript and put them in his jacket pocket.

47.   If the shutters burst, the bales will float for a while, and there will be oars and benches moving about to take hold of.

48.   However, the natural law governing committees soon took hold and progress was glacially slow.

49.   Tallis took hold of Swimmer of Lakes, tried to calm the animal and succeeded.

50.   It seemed to Tallis that she had smouldered for a long time before finally the fire had taken hold.