Example sentences of "hang on for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | She 'll go up up the path and all I could see was this cat , and it was hanging on for dear life up this big tree and there |
2 | McMillan was stopped in the eighth round because his left arm had been viciously dislocated from its shoulder socket — but at the time our Colin was hanging on for grim life . |
3 | And so , for 500 dense pages , we hang on for grim death as Hughes ' locomotive intelligence hurtles down the track he has set himself . |
4 | Being a true professional , she flashed a smile — as Fred hung on for dear life — and admitted it was a pretty paw show . |
5 | Phil took him at his word and charged up to the buoy , turning at the last minute to propel the buoy in the air with our wash while the reporter hung on for dear life . |
6 | He insisted on trying to go it alone and lurched against the bannister where he hung on for dear life . |