Example sentences of "[be] [verb] it a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In India too people are convinced that the Western nations are seeing test-tube fusion and are keeping it a secret because they have realised that not only does test-tube fusion have great commercial potential , but could revolutionise military strategy . |
| 2 | OK , so perhaps she 'd been pushing it a little ! |
| 3 | The law then pretends it 's a waif or stray and that you 're doing it a favour , and all is forgiven . |
| 4 | I think you 're doing it a bit roughly Tim . |
| 5 | But the girls really want it and we 're making it an all-girl event . |
| 6 | Then Zambia said , ‘ Well , you 're leaving it a little late to join in are n't you honey ? ’ |
| 7 | I 've been feeding it a goodly amount of quinine and aspirin in the night to keep it from going hungry . " |
| 8 | Australia are calling it a warm-up game for before the World Cup but I just hope they feel a little heat from my boys . |
| 9 | The cumulative effect of the language of the British inner city has been to give it a contradictory definition , as a conceptual space both inside and outside of society . |
| 10 | You are to keep it a secret , Theodosia . |
| 11 | this boy who 'd been doing it a few years . |
| 12 | I 've got two thirds of back and I 've been doing it a month . |
| 13 | Paul Davies-Hale and Dave Long are giving it a miss , but Brace forecasts a good run from first reserve Paul Evans . |
| 14 | I had no idea how the property market worked but I have friends who do , so we are giving it a whirl . ’ |
| 15 | Travelling from the northern tip of Scotland to the southern cliffs of England is tough enough … 1200 muscle sapping miles … but Derek Hegarty and Neil Pascoe are doing it an even harder way … they 're competing in their own marathon triathlon … which is running swimming and cycling … so far they 've run up Ben Nevis … |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been giving it a lot of thought , ’ he says slowly , chewing on the pipe , and smoothing the glossy black hair above the drooping face . |
| 17 | I 've been giving it a great deal of thought myself in recent weeks . |
| 18 | ‘ No , but I 've been giving it a lot of thought , and it seems to me that the person who fits the bill is … ’ |
| 19 | Course I have , been giving it a what we 've had , like when the kids did n't eat their dinner or we ai n't eat all our dinner been giving it what 's left on the plate , well |
| 20 | But er , I was giving this er I 'd been giving it a stroke , and er it 's sort of dying to be fussed , but I do n't think they give it any attention across there . |
| 21 | Er I seriously wish I 'd said to them you know , I 'm , I 'm phoning it a fortnight in advance because I want to stick to the arrangements . |
| 22 | Well I think we 're lucky they must be keeping it a bit longer for interest of something to all out . |
| 23 | But having it dished up twice in just 19 days — in what seems suspiciously like identical form — seems to be going it a bit . |
| 24 | To make the assumption that JustText was only capable of producing text would be to do it a grave disservice . |
| 25 | That shoulder obviously still him a problem he seems to be holding it a little bit awkwardly as it comes in to Speedy now . |
| 26 | Nobody would be calling it an isolated or random act . |
| 27 | Naturally I do n't want to risk a recurrence of the trouble , but equally , I hate missing any Ireland match and I 'll be giving it a full blast in the final training session to make sure I 'm 100 per cent . |
| 28 | Even the ducks seemed to be giving it a miss . |
| 29 | I 'm doing it a funny way this time . |
| 30 | Diane is a DesignaKnit dealer and she will be demonstrating it a various events , including the Webbington Show at the end of October . |