Example sentences of "would [vb infin] on to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asked if he would hang on to the tot , he replied : ‘ No way — no , no . ’ |
| 2 | The silence that enclosed me made me feel the world had come to an end , that the trees had not yet been informed but soon would be , and would fall on to the stone and thorn , the heather and the fern , skeletons to be picked over , not by vultures but by time . |
| 3 | ‘ Lord willing , ’ Shultz would sign on to the operation ; ‘ with the grace of God ’ the hostages would be home by the summer . |
| 4 | I knew that if I let it go it would collapse on to a teapot and mugs still waiting to be cleared from the sideboard , which would confuse the situation still further . |
| 5 | She had to get to a chair otherwise she would collapse on to the floor . |
| 6 | Few of Camille 's schoolmates , even had they been able to read and write , would go on to a career in the sciences , since the chemistry lab had been the first to succumb , years back , when the rules had just been relaxed and attitudes to education liberalized . |
| 7 | In the street outside the hotel , a crowd cheered and cheered ; periodically someone would go on to the balcony and throw roses down to the assembled admirers . |
| 8 | If he was n't careful they would get on to the subject of the motorway . |
| 9 | They were there at last , Lucy was bundled as gently as speed would allow on to a trolley and whisked off through swing doors , and Virginia stared , hollow-eyed , at Guy as they waited around silently in the reception area . |
| 10 | He would cling on to the craft and try to steer it . |
| 11 | Back in Trazior , Lexandro had imagined a gauntlet which would slip on to a hand … |
| 12 | In more than one crunch game when the pressure was off and the ball was in the opposition 's half , Frank would climb on to the bar and endear himself to the Celtic faithful by pretending to sleep on the woodwork . |