Example sentences of "[v-ing] on to the " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 ! |
| 32 | The policeman was hanging on to the door and obviously enjoying the ride . |
| 33 | Carrie had been listening intently , enthralled and hanging on to the union man 's every word , but she suddenly caught sight of Fred standing at the counter . |
| 34 | Laboriously carved out of rock and earth , their buildings are built in incredible terraces , one above the other , hanging on to the cliffs or nestled below them . |
| 35 | Hanging on to the cliff face by his nails , gaining small purchase on it . |
| 36 | The researcher stopped hanging on to the doorframe and stepped into the room . |
| 37 | Pippin , our four-year-old daughter , and Paul , two-and-a-half , were becoming a little cranky and tired of hanging on to the cockpit coamings . |
| 38 | There may be more security in hanging on to the old and acquiring something new as well . |
| 39 | ‘ Before what reaches us ? ’ she croaked , hanging on to the wheel as if it were a lifebelt . |
| 40 | She saw that the man who owned it was hanging on to the side and checking it each time it swung . |
| 41 | Callaghan stood , hanging on to the rags of his self-respect . |
| 42 | They got down awkwardly , hanging on to the edge of the sill and dropping on to the road . |
| 43 | Berger pulled himself up , hanging on to the marble top and the gypsies started to laugh . |
| 44 | In all this , he was backed by Lavinia although her main interest lay in trying to keep their heads above water and hanging on to the estate . |
| 45 | She pulled herself up to the level of the bonnet by hanging on to the wing mirror then snatched at a scrap of folded paper . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | Victoria was standing at the top of the stairs hanging on to the banister . |
| 48 | Standing stork-like and hanging on to the various bathroom fittings , she cleaned her teeth and made a reasonable toilet . |
| 49 | No point in me hanging on to the stuff , cos the baby 's grown out of it , that 's it , is n't it ? |
| 50 | We went swimming with Jonathan the other night and he got up on the top board and sort of and he was sort of like hanging on to the bar like this looking over |
| 51 | In Britain in nineteen ninety three we are hanging on to the remains of our welfare state by our fingertips . |
| 52 | The television sits in the corner and leaks unsavoury glimpses of what 's really happening on to the faded carpets , and they hate it . |
| 53 | This discourages mounting adhesive from oozing on to the lower surface of the preparation , where it would affect attachment on the lapping machine 's vacuum chucks . |
| 54 | I 'm driving on to the train 's roar beat , |
| 55 | She parked outside the high brick wall rather than driving on to the forecourt , and as if he sensed her reluctance to enter the house again he did n't attempt to invite her inside — but neither did he make any attempt to get out of the car , and they sat in silence in the light from an overhead street-lamp . |
| 56 | I 'm very pleased that not a single motorist follows his advice , since if they did the old Hebridean tradition of driving on to the moors would spread to the mainland . |
| 57 | ‘ The filly was desperate , even falling over walking on to the gallops , ’ Pipe explained , adding that he puts more work into training In-Keeping than three normal horses . |
| 58 | They were walking on to the long ridge they had been able to see from the cottage window . |
| 59 | ‘ You are not walking on to the stage at the Shield , or any theatre in which I have influence , again . |
| 60 | Yet it was so , for when we docked at Rangoon next morning civil evacuation had been ordered , to be completed within forty-eight hours , and the wharves were black with excited refugees , who insisted on crowding on to the boat before we could get off . |