Example sentences of "[v-ing] it a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there 's another possibility — that the Indians were actually following the argument between the Jesuits and understanding it a lot better than we thought . |
| 2 | ‘ Now to see if it was a real fire , ’ he said with a grin , opening it a fraction . |
| 3 | Won t you forgive me for keeping it a secret ? ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Ludovico was intent on keeping it a secret , so the ceremony was empty and impersonal . |
| 6 | Furthermore , he was keeping it a secret until the day he moved out . |
| 7 | I mean flipping talk about keeping it a secret ! |
| 8 | Well I think we 're lucky they must be keeping it a bit longer for interest of something to all out . |
| 9 | ‘ I do and I 'm not stopping you working , just delaying it a bit . ’ |
| 10 | She kicked out again , this time cracking it a couple of feet from the juncture with the adjacent wall . |
| 11 | It even took us into Cambridge a few times , but that was pushing it a bit — and once or twice we really had to . |
| 12 | Sarah Kent 's introduction tries to bring in the fall of Communism , which is probably pushing it a bit . |
| 13 | Do n't you think that the Dixie horn 's pushing it a bit ? ’ |
| 14 | The second time was pushing it a bit . ’ |
| 15 | Do you mind mate , I do n't mind what foul mouthed abuse you give me , but that pushing it a bit far . |
| 16 | on the way back it was pushing it a bit . |
| 17 | ‘ You were pushing it a bit today , Fran . |
| 18 | But roughing it a bit is part of the fun . ’ |
| 19 | on only roughing it a bit , I 've brought a canvas down so do n't muck it about . |
| 20 | A firm of road hauliers which has fourteen trucks stuck in the lorry blockade in France says the dispute is costing it a fortune . |
| 21 | But having it dished up twice in just 19 days — in what seems suspiciously like identical form — seems to be going it a bit . |
| 22 | She is mother of a family that possesses 13 cubes , which is overdoing it a bit , I reckon . |
| 23 | Cos I 'd lost about half a stone in weight , and I was cut down on chocolate biscuits , and I , what I 'd been doing I was was at my tea , at five o'clock , I was eating another at ten o'clock , I reckon I was overdoing it a bit you know with the I was trying to cut down a lot |
| 24 | There used to be a cafe , a cute ; the er you used to go in and have a cup of tea and that and yo , he started selling jam , pots of jam with they had him in court , it was er it had fell off a lorry and he was selling it a bit cheap and er he were telling us about it . |
| 25 | But anyway I gave , it 's fifty P I gave the lass who was selling it a pound you see and she said here you are waiting to give me my change , I said no , no and she said and I said to her I said you know you need it more than I do and she she got tears in her eyes and I I thought I mean I I do n't know if I can articulate this properly . |
| 26 | It simply means thinking a little about your diet and daily routine , and improving it a bit at a time . |
| 27 | AT&T has come up with the ComputerWatch service , calling it a breakthrough for system security administration . |
| 28 | Our man on the back page explains why he 's calling it a day |
| 29 | Now all the effort goes into preparing for the next one … although the RAF 's team is calling it a day . |
| 30 | The 29-year-old Motherwell man , who has made an art form of fouling up on the big occasion , acknowledged that he too came close to calling it a day after the Olympics . |