Example sentences of "[adv] clinging to [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Our rotten mainmast began whipping sickeningly to and fro and required five men constantly clinging to its lee mainstay to cushion the strain .
2 The Chancellor — clearly just clinging to his job — told Ministers at a Cabinet meeting yesterday that they must slash millions off their budgets .
3 His lips were fiercely hot , melting every bone in Isabel 's body , despite the dawning knowledge fighting its way up through the mists of sleep still clinging to her brain .
4 His arrival in Bond Street with chips of frozen snow still clinging to his person recalled that epic picture of polar heroism , ‘ A very gallant gentleman ’ , in which Captain Oates staggers out into the blizzard
5 His arrival in Bond Street with chips of frozen snow still clinging to his person recalled that epic picture of polar heroism , ‘ A very gallant gentleman ’ , in which Captain Oates staggers out into the blizzard .
6 Then , realising she was still clinging to his arm , she snatched her hand away and moved to the other side of the path .
7 Mike Laister was still clinging to his point of view .
8 ‘ May the Lord bless you and keep you … ’ and he reeled off the whole benediction , still clinging to my hand .
9 ‘ Just take me back to the villa , please ? ’ she managed to request , precariously clinging to her dignity .
10 The closest I ever got to you was when we went for a spin on your motor bike , with me like a ravished flapper on the pillion , legitimately clinging to your lissom waist , to those two wonderful hip-bones I loved to hold , as if they were the very hinges of heaven , whose wind blew your hair back into my ecstatic face :
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