Example sentences of "be touch and go " in BNC.

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1 It would still be touch and go for the agency .
2 It 's going to be touch and go but Swindon are in form .
3 The last couple of times Yanto had seen him before joining the army , it had been touch and go .
4 It had been touch and go whether she would get herself anywhere near , let alone actually on , the bench .
5 It is touch and go whether Mr Major can grow these qualities in time .
6 It is touch and go — we might have to fold .
7 ‘ It is touch and go for him .
8 ‘ It 's touch and go , Bodie . ’
9 The doctor says it 's her only chance , but it 's touch and go , seemingly , and she 's asking for you . ’
10 ‘ It was touch and go financially , ’ says Rudd .
11 It was touch and go .
12 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 .
13 It was touch and go , because gardenias in particular are very moody .
14 It was touch and go — was n't it , heh ? — whether the White Sheep would beat the Turks into Trebizond .
15 Again it was touch and go whether Dustin would be fired before the first night .
16 It was touch and go all the way . ’
17 Right up until the four men left the cellar it was touch and go whether they would attack us .
18 But it was touch and go at Munich .
19 But it was touch and go all the way .
20 By the time we reached Llanberis it was touch and go whether we would make it back to base at all that night .
21 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 .
22 It was touch and go whether I was going to rejoin her world ever again or … or cop out . ’
23 It was touch and go when the peregrine falcon was brought into the Clockhouse veterinary hospital in Stroud , whether the bird would survive .
24 it was touch and go for a time and when Leicester hit back with an equaliser from Whitlow a draw seemed the best they could hope for …
25 no such excuses for Oxford United … we 've got them in close-up … this match was touch and go for a long time … lots of action … lots of shots … lots of saves …
26 It certainly was touch and go for Dunlop who was registering his fourth Regal win on the Ulster roads this year .
27 At that point Banana manager Keith Lambert instructed Luckwell to drop back and help with the chase and it was touch and go as the next group brought the gap down to three minutes on the finishing circuit at Rotherham .
28 ‘ It was touch and go but we got all the product back to the warehouse in Sweden before the end of January , ’ said .
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