Example sentences of "touch and go " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It was touch and go financially , ’ says Rudd .
2 It was touch and go .
3 It is still touch and go whether Americans will go into the election feeling better off than four years ago or whether they will still be blaming their President for keeping them comparatively poor — that 's to say , better off on average than anybody else in the world but not by as much as before .
4 It was quite coincidental that June , by her search for a new life in California , drew him towards what would be the hub of the rest of his life and it was touch and go whether he stayed or went back to Neptune .
5 The last couple of times Yanto had seen him before joining the army , it had been touch and go .
6 It was touch and go , because gardenias in particular are very moody .
7 I reduced the odds by wearing a pullover , slip-off shoes and no underwear , but it was still touch and go .
8 It had been damn close , touch and go ; so he had thought , for Phillis , a widow 's pension .
9 It was touch and go — was n't it , heh ? — whether the White Sheep would beat the Turks into Trebizond .
10 In fact , doctors listed his chances as ‘ touch and go ’ .
11 Again it was touch and go whether Dustin would be fired before the first night .
12 It was touch and go all the way . ’
13 Right up until the four men left the cellar it was touch and go whether they would attack us .
14 ‘ It 's touch and go , Bodie . ’
15 Norman was rated ‘ touch and go ’ yesterday .
16 Touch and Go ( Published by the Author , 128pp , illus , sbk ) by R G Fletcher is the story of one particular Telegraphist/Air Gunner ( TAG ) course , No 35 , which began training in late 1941 and qualified a year later .
17 But it was touch and go at Munich .
18 But it was touch and go all the way .
19 Touch and go .
20 It is touch and go whether Mr Major can grow these qualities in time .
21 By the time we reached Llanberis it was touch and go whether we would make it back to base at all that night .
22 It is touch and go — we might have to fold .
23 As confirmation of intense utilization and reliability , during Aug 68 the five aircraft achieved 230 flights , 799 landings , 2490 touch and go 's and 737 flying hours .
24 We had n't gone as far as we would have liked , and it was touch and go until the very last moment , but we just squeezed past the point between Tanakeke island and the mainland .
25 But it was often touch and go .
26 The doctor says it 's her only chance , but it 's touch and go , seemingly , and she 's asking for you . ’
27 It would still be touch and go for the agency .
28 I SHOULD like to have your opinion regarding a touch and go subject : namely toilet facilities at football grounds .
29 It had been touch and go whether she would get herself anywhere near , let alone actually on , the bench .
30 It was touch and go whether I was going to rejoin her world ever again or … or cop out . ’
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