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It doesn't look like this phrase is very popular! The search could not find any examples on the internet.	Jan 12, 2015 ... ... with complaints concerning the 2002 riots in Gujarat under Modi's chief ministership had kept him on tenterhooks. The apex court had set up�... Apr 16, 2009 ... The TDP kept him on tenterhooks without deciding on the issue for several months. When Mr. Balakrishna visited the district in March, the party�... Dec 4, 2012 ... Each centimeter gained by the woman on her knees kept him on tenterhooks. How to help her from his cell, a powerless Cyclops, reduced to a�... Feb 20, 2014 ... Ram Sinh Parmar joined by Vipul Chaudhary had kept him on tenterhooks for the major part of his tenure. It is only for the last couple of years�...

remained him on tenterhooks

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kept him on tenterhooks

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Jan 12, 2015 ... ... with complaints concerning the 2002 riots in Gujarat under Modi's chief ministership had kept him on tenterhooks. The apex court had set up�...
Apr 16, 2009 ... The TDP kept him on tenterhooks without deciding on the issue for several months. When Mr. Balakrishna visited the district in March, the party�...
Dec 4, 2012 ... Each centimeter gained by the woman on her knees kept him on tenterhooks. How to help her from his cell, a powerless Cyclops, reduced to a�...
Feb 20, 2014 ... Ram Sinh Parmar joined by Vipul Chaudhary had kept him on tenterhooks for the major part of his tenure. It is only for the last couple of years�...