Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] on to [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's true that more people are hanging on to their cars and strangel ; y not paying for their servicing . |
| 2 | In the end she proved , and many women police officers are proving , that it is now the men who are holding on to their apron strings . |
| 3 | And please let them be hanging on to their gossip and porter . |
| 4 | My subject is still colour changer but this month I 'm moving on to its use in double bed knitting , in particular for double jacquard which is easier than you may think . |
| 5 | As the very last mouthful disappeared , a tremendous cheer rose up from the audience and children were leaping on to their chairs and yelling and clapping and shouting , ‘ Well done , Brucie ! |
| 6 | On several occasions they had er displayed guns where people would back into their driveway or er show some indication that they were going on to their property , then guns were revealed , people coming out of the the buildings out there with guns and what have you . |
| 7 | They often looked very strained to Anna , as if they were holding on to their loyalty for dear life . |
| 8 | Even junior clubs were holding on to their players . |
| 9 | she 's chuntering on to her granddad and she 's pointing to the brussel sprouts you know in the garden |
| 10 | Sam claims her father breached the trust she placed in him and says he is holding on to her cash . |
| 11 | One is doing something with a Mouli not recommended by Prue Leith 's School of Food and Wine diploma course ; another is bending over a table ; a third is spitting on to his palms . |
| 12 | They glanced at Tabitha encumbered with Perks , forcing their claws from her arms , standing on one foot trying to shake one that was hanging on to her leg . |
| 13 | Shifty-Eyes could n't do much about it as I was hanging on to his foot . |
| 14 | He swung himself astride the dragon awkwardly , because Rincewind was hanging on to his belt . |
| 15 | And , I was prattling on to your dad , saying when we claimed it back when we claimed it back we 'll bring it early but |
| 16 | The child , who looked terrified , was clinging on to her mother 's arm . |
| 17 | Even through the pain in her head where Guido was holding on to her hair the plain facts of what he was saying were finally sinking in . |
| 18 | His attorney 's girlfriend was holding on to his legs as he went through the things that were wrong with his life , in broken English . |
| 19 | It was the latter who , ignoring the red-faced Maxwell whose wife was holding on to his arm , asked the Consul General : |
| 20 | Nellie was holding on to his arm as they walked out into the corridor and he felt her tense . |
| 21 | I associated the whole family thing with being older and I was holding on to my youth . |
| 22 | Blood was dripping on to his hand ) |
| 23 | In a cinema , for example , although you would no doubt forgive me if I shouted ‘ Move ! ’ at you if I had seen that a heavy chandelier was falling on to your head , you might not be so tolerant if I used the same formulation , requesting the same action , if you were simply obscuring my view of the screen . |