Example sentences of "be [v-ing] on to [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we 're hanging on to each other trying to get on the plane . |
| 2 | Perfect or absolute Truth , which is known by faith , is beyond our empirical grasp which means that we must act in the knowledge that we are holding on to such truth as we are able to apprehend in this world . |
| 3 | But I will be getting on to these regulations now . |
| 4 | He snatched it back hastily and then looked up to where Cardiff and Barbara were hanging on to each other under the storm 's onslaught , coughing and choking in the shower of plaster . |
| 5 | The way they were hanging on to each other when I caught them , it 's very easy to believe . ’ |
| 6 | Then she followed her father back towards the flock , where the sheep at the rear , desperate at the sight of hay ahead and too stupid to look for it from any source except the one they all sought , were scrambling on to each other 's backs in panic . |
| 7 | It looks as if it 's reeling on to that spool . |
| 8 | Fire is all animals ' natural enemy , no animal is gon na go through fire of its own volition , erm and again the point , just moving away from the cats , which I 'd agree , the cat was hanging on to that platform , looking very stressed , signs of its tail , course it 's not gon na jump . |
| 9 | I could n't trust the boots , and was hanging on to any hold . |