Example sentences of "hang on [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laboriously carved out of rock and earth , their buildings are built in incredible terraces , one above the other , hanging on to the cliffs or nestled below them . |
| 2 | Callaghan stood , hanging on to the rags of his self-respect . |
| 3 | In Britain in nineteen ninety three we are hanging on to the remains of our welfare state by our fingertips . |
| 4 | ‘ If we knew where one of these things was going to be flown into space , ’ he said , speaking quickly before the words had time to escape , ‘ and we could sort of hang on to the sides or whatever , or maybe drive it like the Truck , and we took you with us , then we could jump off when we got up there and go and find this ship of ours , could n't we ? ’ |
| 5 | In some roofs tiles are hung on to the battens with only every third row nailed . |
| 6 | The train rattled along and we both hung on to the straps looking at each other . |
| 7 | Today the young mothers on supplementary benefit hang on to the hopes that sex will be pleasurable and cohabitation will be companionable , but they often are n't and they 're resigned to disappointment . |
| 8 | They are , in brief , hard-working and somewhat stressed ; feel dissatisfied with the job they are doing ( or at least bits of it ) ; confused about what they should be doing but wanting to change in the direction of greater impact and relevance of what they do ; have no clear idea how to go about it ; do not feel optimistic about things getting better ; are worried about the amount of emotional energy the job takes up ; and mostly do the best they can , try not to think about it all too much , and hang on till the holidays . |
| 9 | I hung on to the drawings because they provided part of the explanation I felt was needed . |
| 10 | Everybody piled into trucks and hung on to the doors of cars , everybody was your friend . |
| 11 | Barry was unseated at the fifth , but hung on to the reins , ran alongside Midnight Madness for a few strides and bounced back into the saddle to continue in pursuit . |
| 12 | Some countries like Malaysia have , however , managed to hang on to the advantages of being early recipients of such investments by virtue of their installed base of experienced workers who could help attract later entrants . |
| 13 | So at the end of their dancing career many tried desperately to hang on to the fringes of the theatre world as did matron Daisy Woodworth . |
| 14 | If she wanted to hang on to the shreds of her professional reputation she 'd better start by controlling her haywire emotions . |
| 15 | Christie , a private in the Ulster Defence Regiment , nearly decapitated her victim in the attack — a desperate bid to hang on to the affections of dashing Royal Signals officer Captain Duncan McAllister . |