Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ROK armed forces were to be developed so as to be capable of handling internal dissent but the issue as to its capacity for reacting effectively to North Korea was side-stepped . |
| 2 | He followed her up to the bar and she heard him noisily latching on to Riley who , she was positive , would not buy him a drink . |
| 3 | Californians have a reputation for latching on to fads , and it 's true — yet a lot of what they preach is eminently sensible . |
| 4 | So backers latching on to John Dunlop 's Jazeel on his debut at Doncaster last month must have thought they had discovered a goldmine . |
| 5 | Against this background , the British-born speakers show especially differentiated behaviour , sticking mostly to London English but occasionally manifesting strategic switches into Creole . |
| 6 | After lifting from a chair or helping on to pan , give resident maximum privacy . |
| 7 | They collided with the corridor wall , Cardiff still hanging on to Rohmer 's wrist . |
| 8 | Set in Alaska , it stars the Canadian folk-singer k. d. lang as Kotz , an orphaned Eskimo of ambiguous sexual identity and brooding potential violence , who latches on to Roswitha ( Rosel Zech ) , a middle-aged German emigree librarian still hanging on to memories of lost happiness like the jars of preserved berries she keeps in her bedroom . |
| 9 | There is an urge to recapture the missing person in some way by hanging on to memories , and treasures . |
| 10 | ‘ The way you believe I 'm hanging on to Florian ? ’ she prompted bitterly . |
| 11 | It came as the parents of 12-year-old victim Timothy Parry — hanging on to life by a thread in a Liverpool hospital came to terms with the fact that he is unlikely to survive . |
| 12 | However , the parents of 12-year-old victim Tim Parry — hanging on to life by a thread in a Liverpool hospital yesterday came to terms with the fact that he is unlikely to survive . |
| 13 | Some more crag rats were further proving the delights of Yorkshire limestone , holding on to ledges with their eyelashes and hanging on to spars of rock by their nostrils , swarming in a team of a dozen or so all over the face of the scar like a plague of dayglo flies . |
| 14 | A multi-tribal alliance of their own is their only chance of hanging on to power when white rule ends at last . |
| 15 | We may be hanging on to relationships which reinforce low levels of self-esteem . |
| 16 | But the left can not be equally self-serving by hanging on to absolutes . |
| 17 | Pamella ! ’ and I 'm just freaking out and hanging on to Tim Taylor , trying to get to the plane , and I 'm wearing this scarf on my head to cover my face and they had pulled a straw — they said this ! — for who was going to tear the veil from my face and this fat guy got it and ripped it , pulled my hair , poked me in the eye — I was physically assaulted ! |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He was only gone a minute , and when he returned , it was with a couple in their fifties who were holding hands as if they were desperately hanging on to reality . |
| 20 | I felt useful when , during exercise periods , I could have Anderson choking with laughter , hanging on to Brian for support , as I imitated one of the guards and his absurdly curious use of English . |
| 21 | The film tantalises us — and Evelyn , who is hanging on to Ninny 's every word — right to the end . |
| 22 | I carried Rachel , and Margaret held on to me , and I hoped Tim would be hanging on to Mig , but when we reached the small steamer Tim was missing . |
| 23 | ‘ I thought what we were worrying about was a roof over your head , ’ I said , feeling that Aunt Louise needed bringing down to earth . |
| 24 | If a power of appointment , either in law or in fact , is vested in trade unions , the effect is not only to arrogate to them rights attaching only to ownership , but to establish them in this particular matter as the constitutional equals of Parliament . |
| 25 | Songs like ‘ High As A Kite ’ , ‘ Drop The Bomb ’ and ‘ Highway 's Gate ’ scrape the sky and then bring it crashing down to earth . |
| 26 | Unlike Marlowe , he acknowledges time as an all powerful element which brings such fantasies crashing down to earth . |
| 27 | ‘ He quite enjoys singing along to records at parties , except when one of mine is played ! |
| 28 | So , when I have n't been gazing out of the window , phoning every friend I ever had , dashing up the street in an urgent quest for … er … something or other I 'm desperate for or singing along to Melody Radio at the top of my thorax — I 've been noticing things . |
| 29 | At Dentdale 's eastern end , Dent Head and the viaduct lead into the dale , the road winding on to Lea Yeat and Cowgill where the narrow winding Coal Road climbs by Monkeybeck Grains and below Shaking Moss over into Garsdale , its highest points often being blocked by snow in the winter months . |
| 30 | All are part of the Canadian Pacific Hotels and Resorts chain , which , since the introduction of its Green Programme in 1990 , has been making enormous cash savings while contributing widely to Canada 's environmental policy . |