Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arizona , according to one columnist , E.J. Montini , ‘ is like the kid who stole his parents ' car and is out careering on to other people 's lawns , crashing into garbage cans and running red lights . ’ |
| 2 | The wind-sucker is similar to the crib-biter , but manages to swallow air without latching on to any object so the teeth do not suffer abnormal and excessive wear . |
| 3 | She slouched from parent to parent , latching on to those who looked as if they would listen to her woes — not realizing , perhaps , that this was hardly the purpose of Parents ' Evening . |
| 4 | I bought a copy in of last weeks Daily Telegraph because interestingly enough , the press seems to be latching on to this er not playing by the rules . |
| 5 | ‘ I intend hanging on to junior for a while longer yet , but I 'll let you know . ’ |
| 6 | A route not to take unless you know no fear , is to walk straight up the sweeping southern flanks of the hill , which will leave you giddy and hanging on to craggy , near-vertical terrain with your teeth . |
| 7 | Along the length of the coast the story was now everywhere the same : Allied troops hanging on to vulnerable footholds , saved from annihilation only by their dogged courage . |
| 8 | I found myself hanging on to that spirit , first at the office of Policia de Investigationes del Peru ( motto : ‘ Honor y Lealtad ’ ) where it was never the same man on my case . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The face was grinning , cheekless , with an eye hanging on to bare bone , glistening raw meat where great tooth marks showed clearly it had been half eaten . |
| 11 | Then she saw him , hanging on to one of the many bracing beams that ran horizontally across the Lock gates . |
| 12 | This structure was only the remains of a bridge , and necessitated a crossing hanging on to one piece of rusty wire while balancing on another single line swinging perilously below . |
| 13 | Those wonderfully powerful steam engines belching out smoke as they literally trembled on their way , the fair men hanging on to all sorts of vantage points as they progressed towards their goal . |
| 14 | Hanging on to all the jobs |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | And we 're hanging on to each other trying to get on the plane . |
| 17 | The way they were hanging on to each other when I caught them , it 's very easy to believe . ’ |
| 18 | If I can lever myself by hanging on to this … . |
| 19 | Why was she hanging on to this ? |
| 20 | The Ego revels in guilt , since it is a way of clinging to the past , and hanging on to old payoffs . |
| 21 | Just like throwing out old-fashioned clothes and hanging on to old favourites , we decide to stop using those actions that did n't get us what we wanted and to continue to use those that did . |
| 22 | Ca n't really see the point of hanging on to old grudges at this late stage . ’ |
| 23 | Even the Five Nations Championship might appear a little limp after the events of the autumn , so what chance has club rugby of hanging on to any of the converts in the meantime ? |
| 24 | I could n't trust the boots , and was hanging on to any hold . |
| 25 | One of the occupied tables contained a man and woman and child , tucking in to great slabs of meat . |
| 26 | The message of Opportunity 2000 — the business-led initiative to get more women into top management by the year 2000 is not filtering down to many line managers , according to the campaign 's first year report . |
| 27 | This allows the machine-chisel to shuffle back and forth , stepping down to full depth . |
| 28 | Once again , the Ian Charleson Memorial Award — named after another of the University 's graduates , who portrayed Liddell in the film ‘ Chariots of Fire ’ — will be presented to the participants contributing most to cross-cultural links . |
| 29 | But in banging on to such an extent about high taxation , and promising to reduce income tax still further , they have probably missed the public mood . |
| 30 | For as a girl , she herself had been taken through the world , as through a series of doors , by her young husband , each door opening on to fresh joys and colours and perspectives , and she had exclaimed in delight , followed him , learned , and even afterwards , when the final door had shut , she could retrace her steps , spend a longer and longer time in each place , as in a series of gardens , and gratefully . |