Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [verb] it to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well WE 'RE not … were going to leave it to the strong men … something different too … the first ever weightlifting world cup for the disabled . |
| 2 | In the 16th century , an east wing was added to replace the earlier parlour , while in the 17th century a kitchen wing was built to balance it to the west . |
| 3 | ‘ I think from then on it was fairly clear that he was going to make it to the very top , ’ one retired civil servant recalled . |
| 4 | If you 've been contemplating the unthinkable just because Lemmings did n't look like it was going to make it to the C64 , think again ! |
| 5 | She had to get a move on if she was going to make it to the city before noon . |
| 6 | When an hour later she did surface , she knew at once that there was no way she was going to make it to the office on time . |
| 7 | She was just a young kid fronting a band , determined she was going to make it to the top — like her idol . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't even think about about the decathlon again until Duncan Mathieson , another one of Jim 's group down here , started going on about being the only one who was going to make it to the World Student Games . |
| 9 | Upon wiping away the icy incrustation from the face , the countenance was immediately recollected ; but , the frame appearing lifeless , assistance was procured to convey it to the first house upon the skirts of the village , when , a pulsation being observed , every possible means was instantly adopted to promote his recovery . |
| 10 | His invention of photogenic drawing dated back four years earlier but he was spurred to bring it to the attention of the scientific world by the announcement by the Frenchman Daguerre of his revolutionary invention , the Daguerreotype . |
| 11 | But the Prince was determined to get it to the finishing line . |