Example sentences of "on to [noun] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But with fourteen minutes gone Derby moved the ball slickly from Forsyth to Harts and on to Paul for a measured finish . |
| 2 | Today , we debate a legislative programme that could have been proposed only by a Government who have no purpose other than hanging on to office for a few more months . |
| 3 | Matthew eventually returned to Nanaimo and came home with us , but Ed continued on to Ohio for a longer stay . |
| 4 | Once there , he held on to power for a long time , easily in successive periods of government , with unusual difficulty in opposition . |
| 5 | Better to hold on to power for a few days or hours longer . |
| 6 | Then he flew to Japan to run the 440K from Hiroshima to Nagasaki in a new record time of just over 57 hours , and moved on to Siberia for a 13-day stage race covering 50K a day . |