Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [v-ing] on to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parnell was in jail , and the British authorities are desperately holding on to power as support for the Land League accelerates . |
| 2 | Proud of the rapid development time for the 601 , the two companies are nevertheless rushing on to complete work on three other promised iterations of the part , now under development at IBM 's Somerset plant in Austin , Texas . |
| 3 | There are some cases where I am just holding on to them and not cashing them in . ’ |
| 4 | Developers are already cottoning on to the trend by building houses with ready made work rooms . |
| 5 | Phrases such as ‘ out of date ’ and ‘ old fashioned ’ suggest that we are always moving on to better things . |
| 6 | The next step is to work out why you are still holding on to your old belief . |
| 7 | Actresses are also creeping on to the catwalk , offering their services in exchange for a couple of outfits . |
| 8 | My records indicate that I am now holding on to two , one of which I hope to use in the Annual Report . |
| 9 | The revenue obtained a huge sum of money which they had no right to demand and they are now hanging on to a very large amount of interest which they have no moral right to retain . |