Example sentences of "and [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | This group concluded that Mrs Thatcher 's continued participation in the contest could only prove disastrous for the party : she might either scrape a narrow victory and limp on , having lost the confidence of the party , or lose and allow Heseltine to become Prime Minister . |
| 2 | I drove to the hospital in Bangor with Nathan watching the road intently and hanging on to the handbrake . |
| 3 | He 's sort of waving one arm and hanging on with the other . |
| 4 | A not-so-good euphemism for someone who has tried to do him/herself in by hurling him/herself beneath a moving tube train , or someone who has been jostled from a congested platform on to the track , or some kicky kid indulging in Tube surfing-travelling outside the train and hanging on , and falling off , like John Koporo , age 11 , who in 1987 at Kilburn became the sport 's first victim . |
| 5 | A route not to take unless you know no fear , is to walk straight up the sweeping southern flanks of the hill , which will leave you giddy and hanging on to craggy , near-vertical terrain with your teeth . |
| 6 | The Ego revels in guilt , since it is a way of clinging to the past , and hanging on to old payoffs . |
| 7 | Just like throwing out old-fashioned clothes and hanging on to old favourites , we decide to stop using those actions that did n't get us what we wanted and to continue to use those that did . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Some more crag rats were further proving the delights of Yorkshire limestone , holding on to ledges with their eyelashes and hanging on to spars of rock by their nostrils , swarming in a team of a dozen or so all over the face of the scar like a plague of dayglo flies . |
| 10 | Pamella ! ’ and I 'm just freaking out and hanging on to Tim Taylor , trying to get to the plane , and I 'm wearing this scarf on my head to cover my face and they had pulled a straw — they said this ! — for who was going to tear the veil from my face and this fat guy got it and ripped it , pulled my hair , poked me in the eye — I was physically assaulted ! |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Standing stork-like and hanging on to the various bathroom fittings , she cleaned her teeth and made a reasonable toilet . |
| 13 | Matthew Evans was to split his role and that the hunt was on for a new m.d. , rumours that Mr Evans was ‘ bailing out ’ and the company was on the block were fanned by the trade 's more supportive friends at Private Eye and pounced on by publishers overexcited at the prospect of getting their hands on , if not the company , then at least some of its authors . |
| 14 | He called out : ‘ I ca n't hold on any longer , ’ then fell straight on the ledge below , bounded out into the air , turning a somersault backwards , and pitching on to a grass projection some 30′ lower down … |
| 15 | The catalysed fusion process outlined above was explained and formulated on or prior to 4/7/86 ( April ) |
| 16 | What the voters perceived and clung on to , especially in London , was that there has been a revolution in Britain in the 1980s and that it would be foolish to put it at risk because of deeply felt resentment at the recession . |
| 17 | Willie blushed and clung on to the top of the blankets . |
| 18 | Alix suspected this , and clung on to him the more tightly , rejecting Deborah 's support , rejecting everything except a little money ‘ to see her through ’ . |
| 19 | Ashley wobbled and clung on . |
| 20 | Seconds later they were off again , and she shut her eyes tight , pressed her cheek against his back and clung on like a limpet . |
| 21 | Then the Cid bade his banner move on , and the Bishop Don Hieronymo pricked forward with his company , and laid on with such guise , that the hosts were soon mingled together . |
| 22 | His father was a German-Jewish refugee and his mother Welsh , but Wartberg was an aggressive anglophile , given to wearing tweed suits and blathering on about flower growing , law and order , the decline of British standards ( he had just obtained one for his best-selling valve ) , the prohibitive business rate and so on . |
| 23 | Then suddenly , he came to a decision , and plunged on before he had time to reconsider it |
| 24 | She hesitated , took a deep breath , and plunged on . |
| 25 | She crossed her fingers and plunged on . |
| 26 | Then he kicked his horse forward and led on out of the yard . |
| 27 | Go on go and sit on |
| 28 | Go and sit on there , go on ! |
| 29 | It 's that at the age of 34 , fourteen years after first shambling on stage in downtown Chicago , having criss-crossed the stand-up circuit from coast to coast and guested on very hip chat show from David Letterman to Arsenio Hall , he should be bigger than he is . |
| 30 | It is in terms of the latter and their involvement in , and influence on , movements for social change that the project will be judged radical or not . |