Example sentences of "[to-vb] on to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And yet this man [ Charles V ] was still possessed by one passionate desire : to pass on to his son Philip , the inheritance intact . |
| 2 | Behaving like that , he can hardly be surprised if walkers are tempted to march on to his land in the height of the season playing the bagpipes and accompanied by a 70-strong male voice choir . |
| 3 | James Woods finds it hard to hang on to his sanity in this comic role |
| 4 | Fidel Castro Smith fought hard and bravely to hang on to his title , losing only by 118 to 117 1/2 points |
| 5 | Hunter-Blair owed the paper much , and after MacQuillan 's death he was trying to hang on to his position . |
| 6 | If Mr Moynihan is keen to hang on to his job he should get on to FIFA now and tell them to make the booking . |
| 7 | SUNDERLAND manager Malcolm Crosby admits he 's on a roundabout — but is determined to hang on to his job . |
| 8 | Tell Clifford to hang on to his job and stop being a bloody fool . |
| 9 | But of course he never did speak with his tongue nor ever would have done if he wanted to hang on to his job . |
| 10 | Taylor still has the temerity to hang on to his job . |
| 11 | This remarkable condottiere — the word is pure Italian and does not translate at all well ; it describes a mercenary , but perhaps ‘ soldier of fortune ’ is more polite and catches the flavour better — not only managed to hold on to his head , but to great booty as well . |
| 12 | Frantically , in the last half of the fight , he sought to hold on to his title . |
| 13 | He had already written a note to Becky — with a little help from Father O'Malley — instructing her to sell the shop along with the two barrows if she possibly could and to hold on to his share of the money until he came back to Whitechapel . |
| 14 | He was n't sure that he would be given a chance to hold on to his wife . |
| 15 | Surkov always had to hold on to his temper . |
| 16 | He made an effort to hold on to his temper . |
| 17 | CHRIS LILLYWHITE fought off another challenge to hold on to his Milk Race yellow jersey in yesterday 's 116.5 mile 10th stage from Sheffield to Liverpool . |
| 18 | SIR — The reports that Mr Patten , having failed to hold on to his seat in Parliament , might be wheeled out as Governor of Hong Kong ( April 16 ) are symptomatic of the Government 's indifference to the wishes of the people who actually live there . |
| 19 | Mr Quiles is probably more concerned to hold on to his job . |
| 20 | Because that would mean that he would have been able to hold on to his job . |
| 21 | He wanted to roll on to his back and float , no further effort . |