Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] it a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were keeping it a secret and they were going to take him some place where they sold parrots . |
| 2 | ‘ You were pushing it a bit today , Fran . |
| 3 | Now you were doing it a very neat way , a quick way , of doing it all in one go , were n't you ? |
| 4 | Even after five years they were finding it a bit difficult in Oxford , you see , a bit sticky . |
| 5 | He was singing I do n't know why I love you , but I do , and a holiday couple in shades of beige were making it a waltz of dance-class precision . |
| 6 | Right , correction , one lady does n't , but those who do go back to the Property Committee and I would say that erm if this were to happen , and the County Council were to make it a permanent site in that particular position , we could lay a charge of gross negligence , or even mis-appropriation of assets . |
| 7 | She was using it a week later when Nathan walked in through the kitchen door . |
| 8 | Furthermore , he was keeping it a secret until the day he moved out . |
| 9 | It even took us into Cambridge a few times , but that was pushing it a bit — and once or twice we really had to . |
| 10 | The second time was pushing it a bit . ’ |
| 11 | on the way back it was pushing it a bit . |
| 12 | When Julie Mills moved into her new home she thought all she 'd need to do to the kitchen was give it a lick of paint . |
| 13 | Whether it was give it a better flavour or no , I do n't know but we never used the saltpetre . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I felt quite nervous undertaking this role in case I became ‘ out of my depth ’ and could n't provide the new mother with the support that she needed , either emotionally or physically , but on balance decided that the only way to find out was to give it a whirl ! |
| 18 | Konrad Adenauer had already suggested that West Germany should be allowed the means to defend itself , and that the surest way of winning the population over to a massive commitment to democracy was to give it a stake in the responsibility of defending Western Europe . |
| 19 | But yesterday he announced he was calling it a day . |
| 20 | Still having eunuchs in the choirs that was coming it a bit thick . |
| 21 | And Jim was giving it a drink of water . |
| 22 | Although unladen with any climbing gear — even the daysack was being carried by Singi — I was finding it a hard struggle to make upward progress in the thin , cold air ; surprisingly more so than on Mera Peak when ice-axe , crampons and heavy climbing boots had been used . |
| 23 | And er this erm tt As I say this old man , he he he 'd did n't like coming in too soon in the morning , and er a I could see he was finding it a bit difficult to find both our wages out of his money , although I got there to time and worked . |
| 24 | It was leaving it a little bit late , even if there was the possibility of serious trouble in the summer , not to be talking about it . |
| 25 | If I was to enter it a number , one O two . |