Example sentences of "hang on to the [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Callaghan stood , hanging on to the rags of his self-respect . |
| 2 | In Britain in nineteen ninety three we are hanging on to the remains of our welfare state by our fingertips . |
| 3 | Everybody piled into trucks and hung on to the doors of cars , everybody was your friend . |
| 4 | Some countries like Malaysia have , however , managed to hang on to the advantages of being early recipients of such investments by virtue of their installed base of experienced workers who could help attract later entrants . |
| 5 | So at the end of their dancing career many tried desperately to hang on to the fringes of the theatre world as did matron Daisy Woodworth . |
| 6 | If she wanted to hang on to the shreds of her professional reputation she 'd better start by controlling her haywire emotions . |
| 7 | Christie , a private in the Ulster Defence Regiment , nearly decapitated her victim in the attack — a desperate bid to hang on to the affections of dashing Royal Signals officer Captain Duncan McAllister . |