Example sentences of "be [v-ing] on to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Britain in nineteen ninety three we are hanging on to the remains of our welfare state by our fingertips . |
| 2 | Casual work is growing most rapidly in the service and retail sectors but even traditional manufacturing companies are catching on to the trend . |
| 3 | Then they had been sinking on to the bed and , between kisses and caresses , peeling the clothes hungrily from one another , until at last they lay naked , side by side . |
| 4 | We 're moving to Shanghai with mixed feelings , as we 've heard we 'll be staying in the Peace Hotel , in the noisy centre of the city , but it 's nice to feel now that we are moving on to the home stretch . |
| 5 | Early on Monday evening Wickham tossed the papers he had been scanning on to the desk and stood up . |
| 6 | Commonly used for furniture units , panelling and partitions , the scope of mdf is increasing all the time , as moistureresistant , fire-resistant and exterior grades are coming on to the market , together with pre-finished d-i-y products such as skirtings , covings , architraves , mouldings and floor panels . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , other PEPs are coming on to the market . |
| 8 | SOUTH WEST ‘ Fewer properties are coming on to the market , which is a good sign , ’ says Julian Knops of Andrews in Bath and Bristol . |
| 9 | That is true not just of BT — a large number of other investors are coming on to the market . |
| 10 | Many more are coming on to the list . |
| 11 | It drowned the roar of the waves which she knew would be crashing on to the beach in impotent and seemingly endless fury . |
| 12 | I 'm driving on to the train 's roar beat , |
| 13 | About the papers in the portmanteau and Molly and how I 'm going on to the monastery next . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm going on to the monastery . |
| 15 | Britain under Harold Macmillan was booming and new Austins and Morrises were flooding on to the country 's antiquated roads . |
| 16 | By the inter-war years such Sikh artisans had a number of Kenyan assistants adopting their skills ; by the 1950s the Sikhs were moving on to the role of investor and entrepreneur in both construction and industry , leaving the way clear for their former assistants to take on the role of artisan . |
| 17 | He said we were holding on to the ball , but we wanted it to come out . |
| 18 | But more people were coming on to the paper . |
| 19 | But the bills were dropping on to the doormat and I felt I had no choice . |
| 20 | So John Broome is switching on to the green , green grass of home . |
| 21 | Modular catering ( though not necessarily Cuisine 2000 ) is expanding on to the Liverpool Street-Norwich run ( using former West Coast vehicles ) , the East Coast main line ( with Mk4 stock ) , and the Western Region , when the ex-ECML cars can be cascaded in 1991 . |
| 22 | The policeman was hanging on to the door and obviously enjoying the ride . |
| 23 | I was hanging on to the ledge at the deep end , arms out in the crucifix position when I saw her come out of the ladies ’ changing rooms wearing a yellow and white striped one-piece . |
| 24 | They sometimes got incredibly bold in the competition for the fish offal ; I have seen a fisherman cleaning out the insides of a fish while a gull was hanging on to the tail tugging frantically in its attempt to get a meal ! |
| 25 | She saw that the man who owned it was hanging on to the side and checking it each time it swung . |
| 26 | Therefore I did n't know what was going on to the point where I carried on working in a prefabricated hut hard by the administration block during a very successful students ' occupation in summer 1976 . |
| 27 | Maureen was getting on to the museum about bringing an expert to have a look at the place . ’ |
| 28 | It was holding on to the tree but I pulled it off . |
| 29 | When she recovered she was holding on to the edge of the table for balance . |
| 30 | And then she was holding on to the branches , feeling where the Robemaker had hacked and sawn at them , knowing she must be hurting the Larch even more , and trying to be as gentle as possible . |