1. Her jewellery is all in hock.

2. The company's entire assets are now in hock to the banks.

3. The fashion chain is still in hock to the banks.

4. I'm in hock to the bank for £6 000.

5. Most of her jewellery is in hock.

6. He's a musician(), but his guitar is in hock.

7. I'm not going to put myself in hock for the rest of my life.

8. His watch was in hock.

9. The company was heavily in hock to the banks.

10. He was in hock for three years.

11. I'm in hock to the tune of 5000.

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12. His coat for the coming winter was in hock.

13. Because a loan is secured by the piece in hock, risk is finite.

14. Even company directors on ￡100,000 a year can be deeply in hock to the banks.

15. It is almost impossible for the prime minister to stand above the factions. He always seems in hock to one or another.

16. That is where we are: wild, reckless, and deeply in hock.

17. It is essential that the modern Labour Party should not be in hock to the unions.

18. That shows that the Labour party remains the producer party - the party in hock to producer interests.

19. Indeed, if Democrats are to be believed, the entire Bush administration is in hock to big business.

20. It was spring, and our padded clothes had just been placed in hock.

1. The company's entire assets are now in hock to the banks.

2. The fashion chain is still in hock to the banks.

3. Even company directors on ￡100,000 a year can be deeply in hock to the banks.