Example sentences of "[be] [verb] it [art] " 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 Check it somewhere that you 're writing it the right way
4 Incidentally — ’ he patted me on the knee' — we 're calling it the Infenestration of Leytonstone back at the Shop .
5 We 're hoping and I 'm crossing my fingers here , that we 'll get in excess of five thousand people there and the interesting thing is we 've got a commercial exhibition at it , to give it a flavour of Scotland where people will show all the good things made in Scotland and we 're calling it the taste and touch of Scotland and hopefully that will offset the cost of all the other , other er stalls and things that we 're holding .
6 They 're calling it the curse of the L-plate .
7 exams time , date , I think we 're having it the earliest of the lot , for some stupid reason because Mel does n't appear to be having them till late either .
8 Not , not as many as active though , because you could say that stock checks and checks are reactive because you 're doing it every day but , stock checks move the department forward on your stock reports .
9 The law then pretends it 's a waif or stray and that you 're doing it a favour , and all is forgiven .
10 I think you 're doing it a bit roughly Tim .
11 and , say , explain the logic of it , why you 're doing it the way you 're doing it .
12 I says , We 're doing it the right way , the proper way now you see .
13 Yeah , if they 're delayed getting on the motorway and see that they 're doing it the other side coming off , they might be saying
14 No , certain obstacles and areas where you feel you 're not er giving , you know you do n't feel as though you 're doing it the best for whatever reason .
15 But the girls really want it and we 're making it an all-girl event .
16 Then Zambia said , ‘ Well , you 're leaving it a little late to join in are n't you honey ? ’
17 I 've been feeding it a goodly amount of quinine and aspirin in the night to keep it from going hungry . "
18 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 .
19 ‘ They are calling it the ‘ Seweries ’ . ’
20 Merrel have introduced an all leather boot designed for British conditions and are calling it the Cumbria .
21 Experts on the Jurassic age are calling it the most significant discovery of its kind in Northern Europe .
22 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 .
23 Well on , I do it the right way , because I do n't always feel that I am doing it the right way .
24 You are to keep it a secret , Theodosia .
25 this boy who 'd been doing it a few years .
26 I 've got two thirds of back and I 've been doing it a month .
27 Paul Davies-Hale and Dave Long are giving it a miss , but Brace forecasts a good run from first reserve Paul Evans .
28 I had no idea how the property market worked but I have friends who do , so we are giving it a whirl . ’
29 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 …
30 ‘ 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 .
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