Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] on to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I intend hanging on to junior for a while longer yet , but I 'll let you know . ’ |
| 2 | An exceptional shooting accessory that you 'll want to pass on to future generations . |
| 3 | As for Edward — it was clear that I 'd stumbled on to sensitive ground . |
| 4 | After five successful years , the two stars John Thaw and Kevin Whately have decided to move on to new things . |
| 5 | We 'd like to hear from anyone who has an interesting story or tip to pass on to other readers . |
| 6 | They influence development , and they get passed on to future generations . |
| 7 | Kenamun clearly hoped to reap the rewards of a quick and flashy double solution , and to have moved on to other work before the murders recommenced . |
| 8 | Fortunately , the majority warm to it and do go on to fulfilled fatherhood . |
| 9 | Parties , it is argued , are ‘ forced to latch on to various capacities in order to generate support ’ . |
| 10 | Business was so good a new home had to be found when the Comedy had to go on to other previously arranged bookings . |
| 11 | The Doctor had fallen on to plush green grass . |
| 12 | The news broadcast had moved on to other matters now ; the loss of contact between Earth Central and a Space Fleet flotilla which had been on its way to intercept a supposed alien fleet near Epsilon Eridani . |
| 13 | I 've gone on to decaffeinated coffee I do drink decaffeinated |
| 14 | He was set up as the triggerman for the massacre by those forces inside President F.W. de Klerk 's administration determined to hang on to white power at all costs . |
| 15 | ‘ Some firms have reduced their staffing levels substantially , but people in the industry are generally trying to hold on to experienced staff . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Some firms have reduced their staffing levels substantially , but people in the industry are generally trying to hold on to experienced staff . ’ |
| 17 | She only knew that from the moment she had stepped on to Danish soil she 'd been caught up in circumstances over which she had no control , but which appeared moment by moment to be leading her further from her original purpose . |
| 18 | We might at some later stage wish to move on to institutional usages of the word . |
| 19 | But anyway , reprimanded for that , did n't get sack but er had to move on to other things and that meant to me decided |
| 20 | Developing countries in the Far East , that use much less plastic than the developed world , have cottoned on to modern waste management schemes very quickly . |
| 21 | This week the Solidarity trade union — the workers , that is , bereft of old leaders who have gone on to other things — led a two-hour nationwide protest strike . |
| 22 | Since film became a major component of mass circulation popular culture , the anxieties and fears — and also the pleasures — associated with Black people have erupted on to British cinema screens in a non-systematic , erratic manner . |