Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] cling to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thing was wearing clothing still ; shreds of fabric still clung to it and were somehow interwoven with the grey and leprous flesh . |
| 2 | His arrival in Bond Street with chips of frozen snow still clinging to his person recalled that epic picture of polar heroism , ‘ A very gallant gentleman ’ , in which Captain Oates staggers out into the blizzard |
| 3 | His arrival in Bond Street with chips of frozen snow still clinging to his person recalled that epic picture of polar heroism , ‘ A very gallant gentleman ’ , in which Captain Oates staggers out into the blizzard . |
| 4 | It did not matter that I had rejected my father 's ways , that I had become a marine and was as poor as a church mouse while McIllvanney had become a rich man ; the stench of privilege still clung to me and McIllvanney loved to discomfort me because of it . |
| 5 | Its arm fell off , clattering to the deck with the Perk still clinging to it . |
| 6 | Something of the Mamur Zapt 's old aura still clung to the post . |
| 7 | Strands of early morning mist still clung to the hollows as the sun tried to break through the patchy cloudscape . |
| 8 | As I clambered up the ranks of steep terraces , keeping an eye on my train time , early mist still clung to the bare mountainous knives of rock , and the mountain that the fortress itself stood on was festooned with dark trailing grasses like seaweed , adding to its otherworldliness . |
| 9 | Unknown to the Orcs , the crown was working its power upon Azhag , for it was an ancient and evil device that once belonged to the Liche Lord Nagash himself , and his power and his spirit still clung to it . |
| 10 | His lips were fiercely hot , melting every bone in Isabel 's body , despite the dawning knowledge fighting its way up through the mists of sleep still clinging to her brain . |
| 11 | The scent of a deep , passionate love still clings to it . |
| 12 | The town 's appearance today is that of a compact , prosperous market centre still clinging to its medieval street plan and to memories of the Franciscan priory once known as the ‘ Lamp of Lothian ’ , a designation transferred in our own century to the church of St Mary . |
| 13 | An air of mystery undeniably clings to some places . |
| 14 | Some memory of magic still clung to it , and with my art there was enough ; he drank , looked into my eyes , and could never again think of any other woman . |
| 15 | Scraps of sedge and meadow rue still cling to its margins , the last remnants of a marsh which must once have inundated the whole valley floor . |
| 16 | Muriel arrived with earth still clinging to her fingers . |