Example sentences of "on to the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE danger of trying to limp to safety on goalless draws was graphically illustrated by Coventry 's last-gasp defeat which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate . |
| 2 | Coventry slumped to a last-gasp 1–0 defeat at Notts County which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate . |
| 3 | I smiled understanding and held on to the last wedge of the broken window , catching glimpses of the brown Yucay River snaking its way between the terraced hills . |
| 4 | On to the last day and Nicklaus — who was putting in a charge in front of us attempting the third part of the grand slam , having won the Masters and the US Open in 1972 — and everything was going reasonably well until the 7th , the hare hole . |
| 5 | Moving on to the last one . |
| 6 | The score then goes on to the last musical number in Act 3 , ‘ A thousand thousand ways ’ , which is a song repeated by the chorus . |
| 7 | It would have been customary to allow the animal its own head , and to hold on to the last truck , or hitch a lift by hanging onto the end . |
| 8 | And that things would tend to drag on to the last minute and then they would start and then it would it go forward . |
| 9 | Going on to the last lap Dunlop had matters well in hand but further down the field behind McCallen there was drama when Alan Patterson , who had been in third place and going well , suddenly shot through the final bend and took the wrong road for the second time today losing his chance of a place . |
| 10 | Right , let's move on to the last session , where we 're going to be looking at the rate books . |
| 11 | The civil population had been summarily evacuated ; a few enterprising and courageous camp-followers , evading the grasp of the gendarmes , had clung on to the last , but eventually all that remained were three elderly townsmen permitted to run a canteen for the troops . |
| 12 | All lighting circuits are radial ones — that is one cable goes from the fuseway in the consumer unit to the first light position , and then on to the second , and so on to the last on the circuit . |
| 13 | If you are fitting several lights ( downlighters or eyeball spots , say ) , run this cable to the nearest fitting , and then run cable from this to the next nearest , and so on to the last . |