Example sentences of "[v-ing] on [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I must n't keep rattling on like this ! ’ |
2 | She ca n't keep goin' on like that fer ever . |
3 | 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 . ’ |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | ‘ I intend hanging on to junior for a while longer yet , but I 'll let you know . ’ |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Then she saw him , hanging on to one of the many bracing beams that ran horizontally across the Lock gates . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | Hanging on to all the jobs |
17 | 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 . |
18 | And we 're hanging on to each other trying to get on the plane . |
19 | The way they were hanging on to each other when I caught them , it 's very easy to believe . ’ |
20 | If I can lever myself by hanging on to this … . |
21 | Why was she hanging on to this ? |
22 | The Ego revels in guilt , since it is a way of clinging to the past , and hanging on to old payoffs . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | Ca n't really see the point of hanging on to old grudges at this late stage . ’ |
25 | 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 ? |
26 | I could n't trust the boots , and was hanging on to any hold . |
27 | She 'll go up up the path and all I could see was this cat , and it was hanging on for dear life up this big tree and there |
28 | McMillan was stopped in the eighth round because his left arm had been viciously dislocated from its shoulder socket — but at the time our Colin was hanging on for grim life . |
29 | A social worker can support the family in hanging on through this pain , to recognise the major part still to be played . |
30 | For most Southern advertisers and agencies , however , 1993 will be a year of hanging on at any cost . |