Example sentences of "[v-ing] on to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Geologists are notorious for latching on to the name of a particular life-form present in rock formations when thinking up names and equally notorious for changing their minds and the rock 's name afterwards , hence Belemnita quadrata no longer exists because they have renamed it Gonio teuthis quadrata . |
| 2 | It drowned the roar of the waves which she knew would be crashing on to the beach in impotent and seemingly endless fury . |
| 3 | Left : In the kitchen , Philip painted an impression of sunlight filtering on to the wall in a style reminiscent of a Hitchcock film |
| 4 | She soon discovered that by stepping on to the glove she had the food literally at her feet . |
| 5 | A way of starting in shallow water that involves stepping on to the board with the rig already in the sailing position . |
| 6 | She alighted after him , and she crossed the footbridge too , but delayed stepping on to the platform until the train for Waterloo came in . |
| 7 | Indeed , he went so far as to say that he was almost dreading stepping on to the golf course , full of grim forebodings on the practice ground and no better on the practice green . |
| 8 | ‘ Harlots , ’ replied Ellen repressively , waiting until the wagon was some distance ahead before stepping on to the bridge . |
| 9 | Casual work is growing most rapidly in the service and retail sectors but even traditional manufacturing companies are catching on to the trend . |
| 10 | Catching on to the coat tails of the downsizing rush just in time , CA said that it was surprised by the demands from its users for it to develop migratory and Unix-based applications — a far cry it admits from its traditional stronghold in the mainframe market . |
| 11 | I remember how her dress lit the stairwell , reflecting on to the wall the sunbeams that fell on it as she descended . |
| 12 | The policeman was hanging on to the door and obviously enjoying the ride . |
| 13 | Berger pulled himself up , hanging on to the marble top and the gypsies started to laugh . |
| 14 | They got down awkwardly , hanging on to the edge of the sill and dropping on to the road . |
| 15 | In the opening sequence he is seen hanging on to the top of a jeep as it careers down the rock of Gibraltar . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The researcher stopped hanging on to the doorframe and stepped into the room . |
| 18 | Victoria was standing at the top of the stairs hanging on to the banister . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I drove to the hospital in Bangor with Nathan watching the road intently and hanging on to the handbrake . |
| 21 | No point in me hanging on to the stuff , cos the baby 's grown out of it , that 's it , is n't it ? |
| 22 | Hanging on to the cliff face by his nails , gaining small purchase on it . |
| 23 | 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 ! |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ Before what reaches us ? ’ she croaked , hanging on to the wheel as if it were a lifebelt . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | She saw that the man who owned it was hanging on to the side and checking it each time it swung . |
| 30 | 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 . |